{"id":2335,"date":"2018-07-27T09:22:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2018-07-27T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:22:13","slug":"fafsa-website-now-mobile-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/fafsa-website-now-mobile-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"FAFSA Website Now Mobile-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2336\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FAFSAgirl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2336\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FAFSAgirl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FAFSAgirl.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FAFSAgirl-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A mobile-friendly version of the FAFSA website went live this week, the first step in a months-long process aimed at making it possible for students to apply for financial aid using their smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>A beta version of a companion app \u2014 myStudentAid \u2014 is planned for next month, with the complete version available Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of the myStudentAid app later this summer is critical in creating a consistent mobile-first, mobile-complete, mobile-continuous experience\u2026\u201d A. Wayne Johnson, an official with the Office of Federal Student Aid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2018\/07\/24\/education-department-begin-rollout-mobile-student-aid-application\">told <em>Inside Higher Education<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThe first step in enhancing the mobile experience is a redesigned fafsa.gov, which will provide new \u2018tool tips\u2019 to better guide students and parents through each section of the FAFSA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2018\/07\/24\/education-department-begin-rollout-mobile-student-aid-application\">Read more from <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> about the rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile-friendly version of the FAFSA website went live this week, the first step in a months-long process aimed at making it possible for students to apply for financial aid using their smartphones. A beta version of a companion app \u2014 myStudentAid \u2014 is planned for next month, with the complete version available Oct. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,25],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-financial-aid","tag-fafsa"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-BF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}