University of Connecticut students are attending the Connecticut General Assembly’s public hearing on Tuesday to support better funding for higher education in Connecticut.
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Jan. 13, 2021
The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today launched a new data dashboard providing all district and school-level completion rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) which is an important step in the path to postsecondary education and associated with higher rates of college enrollment. The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the obstacles many Connecticut students and families face when completing the FAFSA with form completions down 16 percent at the beginning of this year compared to last year.
In December, Governor Ned Lamont announced the Statewide FAFSA Completion Challenge aimed at strengthening postsecondary access and enrollment by raising FAFSA completion rates among high school seniors. Since the announcement of the statewide challenge, FAFSA completion rates have improved by seven percent.