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W. Taylor  \nThe University of Texas at Austin  \nIbrahim Bicak  \nThe University of Texas at Austin  \nThis study assessed prospective first-generation college students’ knowledge of federal student aid. The research team surveyed 752 prospective first-generation college students to assess what financial aid jargon terms were unfamiliar. Students often reported FAFSA, master promissory note, entrance counseling, data retrieval tool, and non-filer’s statement as unfamiliar. Controlling for demographics, non-binary conforming first-generation college students reported financial aid jargon terms at a higher rate than peers (p =0.05, t =2.42) . Implications for student affairs and financial aid praxis are addressed.  \nPlease direct inquires about this manuscript to: Z.W. Taylor, [zt@utexas.edu](zt@utexas.edu)  \nCollege Student Affairs Journal, Volume 38(1), pp. 91-XX ISSN 2381-2338  \nCopyright 2020 Southern Association for College Student Affairs All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.  \n92 College Student Affairs Journal Vol. 38, No. 1, 2020  \nO  \nver the past ten years, a large body of research has asserted that completing the Free Application for Federal  \nStudent Aid (FAFSA) continues to be difficult for postsecondary students in the United States (Boatman & Evans, 2017; Castleman & Page, 2015; Goldrick-Rab, 2016; Kantrowitz, 2011; Kofoed, 2017) . The mostrecent data available suggests over 650,000 members of the 2018 high school class did not complete a FAFSA, ultimately resulting in unclaimed Pell Grants totaling over $2.6 billion (Helhoski, 2018) .  \nFailing to complete the FAFSA has been problematic, as successfully receiving federal financial aid been found to be related with higher levels of postsecondary enrollment (Chen & Hossler, 2017; Kofoed, 2017) . Once in college, students who complete the FAFSA from year to year persist at higher levels than peers who do not complete the FAFSA (Denning, 2018) . Other educational researchers have also explored how socioeconomic status (Levine & Nediffer, 1996), non-traditional student status (Chen & Hossler, 2017), financial aid literacy and information (Bettinger, Long, Oreopoulos,& Sanbonmatsu, 2012; Boatman & Evans, 2017), and other factors influence whether a student completes the FAFSA or not. Regardless of student identity, completing the FAFSA has remained an important step in the college careers of countless students, in terms of access, persistence, and graduation.  \nHowever, many researchers have criticized the FAFSA for being overly complicated, ultimately deterring students and their support networks (i.e., parents, siblings, extended family, friends, teachers, school counselors, community members) from completing the FAFSA (Dynarski & Scott-Clayton, 2008; Kantrowitz, 2011) . Investigating the complexity of financial aid-related communication, Burd et al.(2018) recently analyzed over 11,00 financial aid award letters and found these letters often lacked definitions of key terminology, failed to differentiate between different  \ntypes of financial aid, and contained complex jargon. Consequently, research has demonstrated that both applying for and receiving federal financial aid may be too complicated for many people to understand (Dynarski & Scott-Clayton, 2008; Taylor & Bicak, 2019) . Furthermore, it may be even more difficult for first-generation college students who may not have someone familiar with the U.S. higher education system to help them access the system (Terenzini et al., 2005) . In addition, first-generation students may be more unfamiliar with applying for financial aid than peers with support systems who have experience with the U.S. higher education system and the process of applying for financial aid (Bui, 2002) .  \nSubsequently, this study explores an unexamined facet of the federal financial aid application process: The institutional lang","cbCaigivt2Y7h9IX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigivt2Y7h9IX","pdf",478277,"English","# Study Focus\n# Prior Research on FAFSA Complexity\n# Institutional Communication and Jargon\n# Research Questions\n# National Survey Findings\n# Implications for Student Affairs","[{\"question\":\"What does the study examine about federal student aid?\",\"answer\":\"The study assesses prospective first-generation college students’ knowledge of federal student aid, focusing on which financial aid jargon terms are unfamiliar.\"},{\"question\":\"How many participants were surveyed?\",\"answer\":\"The research team surveyed 752 prospective first-generation college students.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the relationship found between demographics and familiarity with jargon?\",\"answer\":\"After controlling for demographics, non-binary conforming first-generation college students reported unfamiliar jargon terms at a higher rate than peers (p = 0.05, t = 2.42).\"}]","FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT FINANCIAL AID - RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL FINANCIAL AID JARGON SURVEY | PDF",1792088201,48]