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The FAFSA form for this upcoming year will be released on an unspecified date in December 2023 with several updates. In past years the form has been available starting Oct. 1.

FAFSA form will be released sometime in December with changes implemented

By Kai Lincke, Assistant News Editor • November 1, 2023
The 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid will be released on an unspecified date in December 2023 with several updates outlined in the FAFSA Simplification Act and implemented by the U.S. Department of Education.
Senior Robby Zweesaardt writes about the financial burden that the cost of materials like textbooks, computer programs and other academic supplies place on students with lower incomes.

Commentary: Ithaca College should provide more financial support for costs beyond tuition

By Robby Zweesaardt • October 18, 2023
For an institution that prides itself on accessibility and equity, Ithaca College ironically falls far short of perfection in its ability to provide students with adequate learning resources. Every single year, students are bombarded by the cost of educational materials. Books. Laptops. Software.
Cost of attendance increases for 2023–24 academic year

Cost of attendance increases for 2023–24 academic year

By Syd Pierre, News Editor • December 7, 2022
The Board of Trustees has announced the cost of attendance for the 2023–24 academic year has been raised to $65,910. 
Senior Jade Greer opens up about the hardships she has faced paying for higher education. She works both on and off campus and expresses the many sacrifices she has made to be where she is today.

Commentary: The cost of higher education continues to burden students

By Jade Greer • February 24, 2022
If I’m not in class, I’m working. If I’m not working, I’m sleeping. Everything I do, every aspect of my life is with money in mind.
Senior Kendall Riley is a Martin Luther King (MLK) scholarship recipient and a Resident Assistant. Riley describes his difficult experience with the MLK program but he is hopeful it will improve.

Commentary: MLK Scholar discusses program issues

By Kendall RIley • September 8, 2021
I’m hopeful that with a new director for the program, the program will begin to feel like a supportive community again just as it did my freshman year. 
The scholarship was established for incoming journalism, sports media or documentary studies students in the Roy H. Park School of Communications who demonstrate financial need and represent historically underrepresented communities.

Sophomore receives inaugural Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Staff Writer • September 1, 2021
Ithaca College sophomore Damani Madir is the inaugural recipient of the Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship.
La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, said she will start releasing a monthly newsletter to faculty to be more transparent.

Provost acknowledges lack of transparency and communication

By Skylar Eagle, Staff Writer • November 13, 2019
La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, acknowledged a lack of transparency and communication from her office.
Ithaca College students have been found to meet the national average for student debt, which is around $30,000.

Ithaca College students feel effects of student debt crisis

By Sam Haut, Staff Writer • November 11, 2016
Student debt in the United States grew to another all-time high in 2015, and Ithaca College students are not exempt from the issue.

Editorial: Undocumented students deserve aid consideration

By The Ithacan • November 2, 2016
Undocumented students who want to pursue an education should not be punished because they were not privileged enough to grow up as legalized citizen.
Private colleges have begun considering undocumented students as domestic students which would allow them better financial aid opportunities. However, Ithaca College does not plan to make the switch.

IC will not change aid for undocumented students

By Madeline Veneziano, Staff Writer • November 2, 2016
As the son of undocumented parents, sophomore Christopher Gallego said the fear of family members being deported does not go away.
IC approves tuition uptick and financial aid increases

IC approves tuition uptick and financial aid increases

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer • October 26, 2016
The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has approved the revenue parameters for the 2017–18 fiscal year, which include historically low increases in tuition, room and board, and the highest amount of ins
The date to begin filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid has been moved to Oct. 1, three months earlier than the previous Jan. 1 date. The application is now live for students to begin filling out the application, and the Ithaca College Office of Student Financial Services is working on notifying students of the change.

National FAFSA filing date bumped up three months

By Ana Borruto, Staff Writer • October 4, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education has moved the filing date for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to Oct. 1, from the previous Jan. 1 date.
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