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This week on "Off The Cuff," Justin and Karen are joined by NASFAA Executive Vice President Beth Maglione and Director of Research Charlotte Etier to discuss Justin's announcement this week that he plans to step down from his role as NASFAA's president and CEO in June. From there, Karen debriefs listeners on more FAFSA updates, including where we stand with institutional corrections.

On Tuesday, NASFAA posted an anonymous Quick Scan Survey asking members when your institution plans to send financial aid offers to students. Out of the 671 responses to the second installment of the poll, 46% of members indicated that their institutions have sent out aid offers for some or all of their students, while 44% have not begun to package aid. Respondents indicated that the majority of institutions have been flexible in their enrollment deadlines with 43% reporting that they do not have a set date and 38% saying they moved their deadlines, while 7% are considering making adjustments to their usual timelines. There were 12% of respondents who indicated that their institution will not move their enrollment deadline. Read the full poll results, broken out by institutional sector, for additional insights. The first iteration of this poll was conducted during the week of April 15. Check out the FAFSA Simplification web center for more details.

On April 26 at 12 p.m. ET, Tiffany Gibbs, director of online compliance products at NASFAA, will sit down with us to share her voice. Tiffany has been in the profession since 2005, and she started with NASFAA in 2011 where she manages NASFAA’s Compliance Engine, the Student Aid Reference Desk, and the development and updating of training materials for NASFAA members. Before joining NASFAA, Tiffany worked as an assistant director of financial aid at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We can all learn from Tiffany’s story, and we will have time for a Q&A. Be a part of today's conversation on LinkedIn.

Registration is now open for NASFAA’s 2024 National Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! The NASFAA national conference is the premier event serving the student financial aid community, taking place on June 16-19, 2024. Learn how you can justify your attendance, and take a look at our tentative agenda and featured speakers. Make sure to register before May 1 for early bird pricing.

Next month NASFAA's annual Business Meeting will be conducted virtually at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 22, 2024 as part of the Policy Update Webinar. NASFAA's Bylaws dictate that the association must meet annually for the purpose of transacting all business which may be brought before the membership. The meeting will include reports on NASFAA's financial status, FAAC^® program, governance and oversight, and diversity efforts.

Please join us in congratulating Dan Nelson, currently the chief institutional data & research officer at Bethel University, who will retire in June after 39 years of working in financial aid. Lori Prince, FAAC®, director of financial aid at the University of San Francisco (USF), was recently awarded the 2023-24 Provost Awards Collaborative Leadership and Commitment to Shared Governance. Celebrate your own career developments by completing the "Movers and Shakers" form to share the news with your colleagues.

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