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The MEFA Podcast

The MEFA Podcast

Welcome to MEFA's podcast series. Here you'll find conversations with our experts about every step of planning, saving, and paying for college. You can listen to each podcast episode right on this page, or through the podcast app on your iPhone or Android.

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Exploring College Board’s Education Pays Report

Host Jonathan Hughes is joined by Jennifer Ma, Senior Policy Research Scientist at the College Board, who explains College’s Board recent Education Pays report, including patterns among U.S. adults with different education levels and disparities in college participation and completion across demographic groups.

Searching for Scholarships with Bold.org

Host Jonathan Hughes talks with Dror Liebenthal, co-founder and CEO of bold.org, about how students can search for scholarships on bold.org, an innovative, streamlined, and secure service that matches students to exclusive scholarships.

uAspire’s Report on Indirect College Expenses

Jonathan Hughes breaks down uAspire’s recently published Beyond the College Bill report with uAspire’s Massachusetts Policy Director Anika Van Easton and Senior Vice President of Knowledge Holly Morrow.

After the College Acceptance

MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning and Content Creation Jonathan Hughes explains how MEFA’s After the College Acceptance campaign will help you with understanding financial aid offers, making the college decision, and paying the college bill. Jonathan is joined by MEFA’s Director of College Relations, Stephanie Wells.

MEFA's Associate Director of College Planning Jonathan Hughes explains how MassTransfer guarantees transfer admission from an associate's to a bachelor's degree program and the powerful savings it offers for students and their families. Jonathan is joined by Mark Broadbent of Holyoke Community College and Liuginsa Rosa, student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Filing Financial Aid Forms with Divorced or Separated Parents

Host Jonathan Hughes breaks down how to complete these forms, including maintaining confidentiality between parents, which parent completes the forms, how to determine the custodial parent, and how to keep the financial aid office involved. Jonathan is joined by Susan Beard of Wheaton College.

Host Jonathan Hughes explains what's new with the FAFSA, including changes to the EFC, the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, FAFSA-related websites, and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Jonathan is joined by MEFA's Julie Shields-Rutyna and Meredith Clement.

Save on the Cost of College

Host Jonathan Hughes breaks down the resources available to students in Massachusetts to help save on the cost of college, including Tuition Break, New England State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), and Open Educational Resources (OER). Jonathan is joined by Wendy Lindsay from the New England Board of Higher Education.

What to Know About Student Loans

Hosts Jonathan Hughes and Jonathan Sparling break down factors to consider when comparing student loans, how some school may be delayed with their billing process this year, how to be a wise borrower, and how the process of applying for a loan works.

Appealing Financial Aid Offers

Hosts Jonathan Hughes and Jonathan Sparling break down everything you need to know about appealing your financial aid offer including how to appeal, who should appeal, and what deferment might mean for your financial aid.

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