{"id":3898,"date":"2019-11-08T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2019-11-08T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:06:24","slug":"should-the-fafsa-be-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/11\/08\/should-the-fafsa-be-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the FAFSA be mandatory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3900\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fafsa2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3900 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fafsa2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fafsa2.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fafsa2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Should high schoolers need to complete the FAFSA in order to graduate?<\/p>\n<p>CEOs from two college access organizations \u2014 uAspire and CollegeSpring \u2014 think so.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The need for young people to receive some kind of postsecondary education is more important than ever before, as a greater percentage of occupations require advanced education,&#8221; uAspire&#8217;s Bob Giannino and CollegeSpring&#8217;s Yoon Choi write in <a href=\"https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/opinion-make-the-fafsa-required-for-high-school-diploma-to-increase-college-enrollment\/\">a recent op-ed<\/a> published by <em>The Hechinger Report<\/em>. &#8220;&#8230;Even if students don&#8217;t enroll right away, they will be armed with the knowledge that funds exist to help them pay for higher education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three states \u2014 Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas \u2014 have already adopted the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>As leaders from more states consider similar measures, Giannino and Choi encourage a comprehensive approach to boosting postsecondary enrollment. Making the FAFSA mandatory won&#8217;t solve the country&#8217;s college access issues, they write. Students deserve a simplified FAFSA form and greater access to college counselors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see in our daily work how important it is for these efforts to be accompanied by adequate supports for students, schools, and families,&#8221; Giannino and Choi write.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/opinion-make-the-fafsa-required-for-high-school-diploma-to-increase-college-enrollment\/\">Read the full op-ed<\/a> and share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should high schoolers need to complete the FAFSA in order to graduate? CEOs from two college access organizations \u2014 uAspire and CollegeSpring \u2014 think so.<\/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":[17,25],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","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-10S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","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=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}