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The Early FAFSA could be having a larger impact on college and university admission applications than anticipated, according to one new survey from Royall & Company, a division of EAB.

A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on food insecurity at U.S. colleges and universities.

The Trump administration has until March 2 to decide if it will continue to enforce the Obama administration's ban on the collection of certain student loan fees, according to a federal court order issued last Thursday night. The order, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta, is in response to a legal challenge of the 2015 guidance that prohibits guaranty agencies that collect federal backed loan from imposing collection fees when a borrower defaults but agrees to start repaying quickly. The lawsuit was brought against the Department of Education by former guaranty agency USA Funds, which argues that they are permitted to collect such fees under the Higher Education Act.

At this year's Leadership & Legislative Conference & Expo, attendees will attend one of four pathways designed to help NASFAA members grow their management and leadership skills, succeed in their roles at the state, regional or national level, master the basics of enrollment management, or enhance their current enrollment management efforts. Keep an eye on Today’s News in the coming days for coverage of the conference, and connect with us on social media using #NASFAALeads17.

Learn the answer to this question and learn how to instantly find credible and reliable solutions to your most pressing regulatory and compliance questions with NASFAA's AskRegs Knowledgebase. The Knowledgebase guide and video tutorials highlight the many features of this tool.

This is your last chance to register for NASFAA U’s Consumer Information Online Course. Focusing on institutional disclosure and reporting, when and how reports and disclosures are to be made, as well as best practices for compliance, Consumer Information is an ideal foundational course for new staff and a great regulatory refresher for experienced staff - Register Now.

On March 3, 2017, the Department will send the message class "MESSAGTB" via the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) to all user mailboxes. The EDconnect transmission software will automatically request, download, and import this new message class table with a user’s next connection to the SAIG network. Once the MESSAGTB file has been imported, the new message class table will be used from that point forward.

The COD Processing Update provides information related to COD System processing and includes the following sections: COD News and Updates, Current Issues (with a subsection for All Programs, Direct Loans, and Grants), and Reminders.

During the morning of Friday, February 24, 2017, Federal Student Aid became aware of an issue that prevented professional users from accessing Federal Student Aid systems that require the use of a Two Factor Authentication (TFA) token upon login. The TFA token vendor, Symantec, fully resolved the issue on their end and restored normal operations shortly before 12:00 p.m. (ET).

These data will allow the Department to calculate the borrowers maximum eligibility period, subsidized usage period, and remaining eligibility period, determine whether the borrower is eligible to receive an additional Direct Subsidized Loan, and ensure that borrowers do not receive Direct Subsidized Loans if they are no longer eligible to receive a Direct Subsidized Loan.

"The Trump administration’s recent moves to increase deportations of undocumented immigrants have colleges searching for ways to help immigrant students who fear authorities will target them or their families," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered few details of her views on higher education during her confirmation hearings," Inside Higher Ed reports. "But on Thursday, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, she sharply criticized faculty members and accused them trying to indoctrinate students."

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