Student Aid Alliance

11/06/2025

🎓 The Student Aid Alliance is working every day to protect and strengthen federal student aid programs like the Supplemental Equal Opportunity Grant, Pell Grants, TRIO, and Federal Work Study because every student who wants to go to college should have access to an affordable education.

In September, we brought this conversation to Capitol Hill, where we were joined by a bipartisan group of congressional staffers who came out to show their support for student aid. Staffers heard from a panel of experts on the importance and impact these programs have on our nation’s students.

We would like to issue a special thank you to our panelists, Katherine Knott, Editor, Inside Higher Ed – moderator; Heidi Carl, National Chair of NASFAA and Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of Financial Aid, Purdue University; John Paul Abenojar, Ph.D., Chair of DC-TRIO Program and Events Committee, George Mason University; Karan Deengar, M.A., Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Blue Ridge Community College; and Nahin Ferdousi-Rokib, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University.

11/13/2023

We need you to speak up: Federal Work-Study and SEOG programs at colleges and universities are in danger. Lawmakers are going to cut aid to students and stall further increases to the Pell Grant.

Tell Congress you oppose these cuts:

The House and Senate are poised to cut funding for Federal Work-Study (FWS) and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) if they don’t hear from you now.

12/31/2020

! Tell us how student aid is helping you reach your 2021 goals. 🗣

12/21/2020

It might be the shortest day of the year, but can have a lasting impact. What student aid program helped you through higher education?

12/10/2020

Education is a human right, and federal aid helps more students get the education they deserve. This , let's continue to for students across the nation.

11/24/2020

National Scholarship Month is wrapping up, but it's never too late to turn your focus to financial aid opportunities!

11/08/2020

STEM is one of the fastest growing academic disciplines in the US. College students need aid if we want growth to continue across:
👨‍🔬 Science
📡 Technology
🛠 Engineering
👨‍🏫 Mathematics
Make sure you are supporting Save Student Aid this STEM Day!

10/31/2020

A world without student aid is spookier than that neighbor who hands out raisins on Halloween.

10/11/2020

Women comprise more than 56% of students on campuses nationwide. 👩‍🎓

10/05/2020

Student aid helps get you to the classroom, but the teachers provide the knowledge for success. On , celebrate the teachers who have changed your life!

09/29/2020

If there's one thing we know, it's that higher education students run on two things — coffee and student aid! ☕️