The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs and Capital One Bank to Release Updated FAFSA How-To Guide;
Host Discussion with Education Experts on College Affordability and Access

Guide and discussion aim to take the fear out of financial aid while helping millions of students tap into $236 billion available in federal student aid

Columbia’s Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton to lead discussion and address the impact of financial savings and aid on college success

 

WHAT:

The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School and Capital One Bank will release the latest version of its "FAFSA: The How-To Guide for High School Students and the Adults Who Help Them" and host a discussion on college affordability with education experts on Thursday, January 16 at 8:30 AM. Aid is crucial for low-income and first generation college students but the process of securing it can be complex and confusing. The How-to Guide aims to take the fear out of financial aid by decoding the process.

Following the release of the How-to Guide, a panel of education experts including, Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton, Assistant Professor in Economics & Education and Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center at Columbia University, will participate in the discussion, “Taking the Fear Out of Financial Aid: Making Higher Education Easier to Achieve for NYC Students,” which will address what needs to happen nationally and locally to ensure that the next generation of college students can afford to matriculate.

WHO:

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton, Assistant Professor in Economics & Education and Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
Robert Gevertzman, Financial Aid Counselor, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
Sandy Jimenez, Guidance Trainer and College Access Counselor, Goddard Riverside’s Options Institute
Adam Stevens, College Advisor for Scholarships and Financial Aid, Brooklyn Technical High School
Julieta Schiffino, Associate Director of Financial Aid Services, SUNY
Carolyn Berkowitz, Managing Vice President, Community Affairs, Capital One, and President, Capital One Foundation
Kim Nauer, Author, “FAFSA: The How-To Guide for High School Students and the Adults Who Help Them”

WHEN:

Thursday, January 16, 2014
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

WHERE: Theresa Lang Community & Student Center
55 W 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), 2nd Floor
New York, NY
WHY: The issue of college affordability and access to financial aid is top of minds for parents, students and policymakers. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Americans now owe approximately $1 trillion in student debt. Over the coming weeks, millions of parents and their high school seniors will begin the complex process of gathering all their financial documents and completing their FAFSA. According to Student Aid Financial Services Inc., each year more than $236 billion in financial aid is available to help students and their families pay for college, yet millions of students leave money on the table because they do not complete the FAFSA. To help students access this critical financial aid, the Center for New York City Affairs, a policy institute based at The New School, joined forces with Capital One Bank to release the FAFSA How-to Guide.

The How-to Guide serves as a resource to support low-income students and their families, and also serves as a training tool for high school guidance counselors and non-profit professionals. Specifically, it aims to take the fear out of financial aid by decoding the application and answering questions that students and families frequently contend with, such as how to:

* Fill out the form accurately so it is processed quickly and can be easily verified by colleges.
* Address issues that are specific to low-income and immigrant students, who often face daunting barriers in filling out the FAFSA.
* Determine how to handle sensitive, personal financial information.
* Navigate timely details about taxes if parents plan to file their tax forms in April, after FAFSA’s required submission in January or February.

TICKETS: Admission is free.

About The New School
Founded in 1919, The New School was born out of principles of academic freedom, tolerance, and experimentation. Committed to social engagement, The New School today remains in the vanguard of innovation in higher education, with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students challenging the status quo in design and the social sciences, liberal arts, management, the arts, and media. The New School welcomes thousands of adult learners annually for continuing education courses and calendar of lectures, screenings, readings, and concerts. Through its online learning portals, research institutes, and international partnerships, The New School maintains a global presence. Learn more at www.newschool.edu.

About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a Fortune 500 company with approximately 1,000 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Its subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., offer a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. We apply the same principles of innovation, collaboration and empowerment in our commitment to our communities across the country that we do in our business. We recognize that helping to build strong and healthy communities – good places to work, good places to do business and good places to raise families – benefits us all and we are proud to support this and other community initiatives.

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