National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Policy Links

Research & Statistics

• Institute of Education Sciences
  Povides evidence on which to ground education practice and policy. They are the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, and by law their activities are free of partisan political influence.
• National Center for Education Statistics - Data Analysis System
  Provides public access to education survey data collected by the U.S. Department of Education. You can view/download thousands of analysis tables and the programming files used to create them, and create your own analysis tables and covariance analyses.
• National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
  NPSAS examines the characteristics of students in postsecondary education, with special focus on how they finance their education.
• Digest of Education Statistics
  A compilation of statistical information covering American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.

Policy 

• State Policy Inventory Database
  Inventory of state-level financial aid policies and resources by The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

• NASFAA is a member of the following organizations. From time to time, we collaborate with these and other organizations on student aid policy issues of mutual agreement:

  American Council on Education 

  Committee on Education Funding 

  Student Aid Alliance