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 ...
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 ...
Regular Zoom calls and emails, as needed, will be scheduled for all members. Travel is not required. In 2025–26, NASFAA’s Use of AI in the Financial Aid Office Task Force examined how the profession ...
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 ...
"The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to identify scammers who have posed as college students to steal tens of millions in federal student loan and grant dollars over the past five years," ...
"The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn two appeals challenging federal court rulings that blocked new restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, leaving the disputed rule ...