This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie is joined by Nalia to preview the 2026 midterm elections and what that could mean for student aid policy just a few days before Election Day. First, the team ...

An increasing number of students now face unmet need in higher education according to a new analysis out this month from the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP), which also detailed ...

A group of researchers conducted a study to identify “High Performing Pell” institutions (HPPs), defined as institutions that have multiple measures of success at serving students from lower-income ...

Reports concerning the Trump administration’s rumored plan to separate Federal Student Aid (FSA) from the Department of Education (ED) into an independent agency by October 2027 have raised several ...

The update follows a preliminary injunction issued on October 16, 2026, which ordered ED to treat the naturopathic medicine degree as a professional degree. The injunction was issued in response to a ...

"The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn two appeals challenging federal court rulings that blocked new restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, leaving the disputed rule ...

Today, NASFAA announced that Mindy Eline, executive director of Blue Icon Advisors and longtime NASFAA vice president, plans to retire on June 30, 2027, concluding a career with NASFAA that spans ...

The lawsuit, filed in early October against ED for its decision to publish the identities of foreign donors that institutions reported under Section 117 since 2020, argues that this decision exceeded ...

Roughly a year after the announcement of ACTS creation, the Urban Institute released a report outlining the administrative burden this new reporting supplement has cost institutions, along with ...

"Higher education students and their families are seeing major changes to federal student loans this summer as many of the student loan policies in President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy ...