Advocacy Pipeline Archive
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Financial Aid Professionals Highlight Impact of COVID, Importance of Relief Funds in Virtual Advocacy Pipeline
April 20, 2021 - NASFAA is continuing its Advocacy Pipeline efforts amid the ongoing pandemic, hosting three financial aid directors hailing from Indiana to meet virtually with lawmakers from the Hoosier State to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted operations and highl... -
NASFAA Continues Virtual Advocacy Pipeline to Emphasize Need for Additional Pandemic Relief
January 14, 2021 - In light of the ongoing pandemic, NASFAA last month held its second virtual Advocacy Pipeline event, during which three NASFAA members all hailing from Michigan met with congressional staffers representing lawmakers from the Great Lakes State, in an ... -
NASFAA Hosts First Virtual Advocacy Pipeline With Graduate and Professional Aid Administrators
November 17, 2020 - During the last week of October, NASFAA held its first-ever virtual Advocacy Pipeline, during which five members representing graduate and professional (G/P) schools met with congressional staffers. While in-person meetings on Capitol Hill came to ha... -
NASFAA Members Advocate for Homeless Students, Emergency Grants, Campus-Based Programs
March 5, 2020 - Earlier this month, NASFAA members from Pennsylvania and North Carolina institutions traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to discuss pressing issues in student financial aid. Topics of discussion inclu... -
NASFAA Members Participate in Advocacy Pipeline Following Passage of FUTURE Act
January 21, 2020 - Last month, two NASFAA members traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of NASFAA's ongoing Advocacy Pipeline. While on Capitol Hill, Allene Curto, associate director of financial aid services at Springfield College, and Jacquelyn Cottom, assistant direc... -
Graduate and Professional Aid Administrators Visit Capitol Hill to Advocate for Students
October 23, 2019 - Earlier this month, nine NASFAA members representing graduate and professional schools met with congressional staffers as part of NASFAA’s ongoing Advocacy Pipeline initiative. This is the fourth year that NASFAA has hosted the “G/P Hill ... -
NASFAA Members Take to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Increased Federal Work-Study Flexibility and Tools to Curb Student Indebtedness
June 11, 2019 - Last Thursday, NASFAA members from Utah and Mississippi institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to express their support for increased Federal Work-Study (FWS) flexibility, the restructuring of the campus-based aid allocatio... -
Reflections From Members Who Participated in NASFAA's May Advocacy Pipeline Event
May 28, 2019 - Earlier this month, NASFAA members from Rhode Island and Oregon institutions traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to discuss pressing issues in student financial aid. Topics of discussion included redu... -
NASFAA Members Talk HEA Reauthorization, Campus-Based Aid on Capitol Hill
April 9, 2019 - NASFAA members from Virginia and Maryland institutions late last month traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to discuss pressing issues in student financial aid, including the reauthorization of the Hig... -
NASFAA Members Talk Verification, Origination Fees on Capitol Hill
December 5, 2018 - NASFAA members from Washington, D.C. and California institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Tuesday to express their support for a new bill to simplify the FAFSA and verification process, as well as to push lawmakers to elim... -
NASFAA Members Talk FAFSA Simplification, Verification, and Perkins on Capitol Hill
November 20, 2018 - NASFAA members from North Carolina, Arizona, and Colorado institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Thursday to express their support for a new bill to simplify the FAFSA and fix verification issues, as well as discuss the imp... -
Graduate and Professional Members Take to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Students
October 12, 2018 - NASFAA members representing graduate/professional (G/P) institutions on Thursday participated in meetings with congressional staff as part of NASFAA’s ongoing Advocacy Pipeline. This is the third year that NASFAA has hosted an advocacy eve... -
NASFAA Members Talk Funding for Student Aid Programs, Verification, and Origination Fees on Capitol Hill
September 21, 2018 - NASFAA members from Illinois and Connecticut institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Thursday to thank lawmakers for increases in funding for student aid programs, as well as urge them to improve the verification process and... -
Capitol Hill Trip Gives NASFAA Members a 'Positive Light'
June 8, 2018 - NASFAA members from three institutions met with congressional staffers on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss appropriations, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), and student loan servicing. -
NASFAA Members Talk Pell Grants, Grad PLUS, and HEA Priorities on Capitol Hill
May 2, 2018 - NASFAA members from Tennessee and Alaska institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Tuesday to encourage lawmakers to tie Pell Grants to inflation and protect the Pell reserves, as well as express their support and concerns for... -
NASFAA Members Talk PSLF, Origination Fees on Capitol Hill
April 11, 2018 - NASFAA members from Minnesota and Missouri institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Tuesday to advocate on behalf of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, and to shed light on the extra burden that loan originat... -
NASFAA Members Express Support and Concern for HEA Reauthorization Proposals on Capitol Hill
March 8, 2018 - NASFAA members from Michigan, Vermont, and Kentucky institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss provisions included in the House Republicans’ bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) as well as... -
NASFAA Members Talk HEA Bill, Year-Round Pell on Capitol Hill
December 8, 2017 - NASFAA members from Utah, Washington, and Oregon institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Thursday to urge lawmakers to block harmful proposals in the House Republican bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) and su... -
NASFAA Members Talk Perkins, PSLF, Pell
November 13, 2017 - NASFAA members from Ohio and Connecticut institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Thursday to push lawmakers to extend the Perkins Loan program, increase the maximum Pell Grant award, support the Public Student Loan Forgivene... -
Graduate and Professional Members Advocate on Capitol Hill
October 23, 2017 - Much of the policy discussions within higher education focus on undergraduate students, and oftentimes the needs of students in graduate and professional programs are put on the back burner. NASFAA members representing graduate and professional (G/P)... -
NASFAA Members Talk Perkins, DACA, PSLF on Capitol Hill
September 29, 2017 - NASFAA members from Virginia and Florida institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Thursday to urge lawmakers to extend the Perkins Loan program, protect the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, and find a way to co... -
NASFAA Members Urge Support for Student Financial Aid Funding on Capitol Hill
May 17, 2017 - NASFAA members from three California institutions met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Tuesday to urge support for student financial aid programs, and to discuss issues of importance for graduate students, DREAMers, and concerns with ... -
NASFAA Members Focus on IRS DRT Outage, Student Aid Funding During Talks on Capitol Hill
April 19, 2017 - The importance of financial aid for college students, and the need to maintain funding levels for the student aid programs in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget, was the focus of several conversations on Capitol Hill throughout yesterday&... -
NASFAA Members Talk IRS DRT Outage, Trump Budget on Capitol Hill
March 17, 2017 - NASFAA members from Alabama and Texas on Thursday met with Capitol Hill staffers to discuss the continued outage of the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, and potential cuts threatening federal student aid programs in President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget... -
NASFAA Members Discuss Pell Grants, Origination Fees During Hill Visits
February 10, 2017 - NASFAA members on Thursday met with Capitol Hill staffers to discuss the Pell Grant Program, origination fees, and ways to appropriately simplify the financial aid system. -
NASFAA Members Take to the Hill to Discuss DACA, Federal Budget Concerns
December 7, 2016 - The future of undocumented students, concerns over the federal budget, and simplification were the focus of several Capitol Hill meetings NASFAA members participated in on Tuesday during an event for our Advocacy Pipeline. -
Community College Aid Administrators Discuss Year-Round Pell, Simplification on Capitol Hill
November 4, 2016 - Year-round Pell and FAFSA simplification efforts were the focus of NASFAA’s most recent Advocacy Pipeline event on Thursday, where members of the community college sector had the opportunity to advocate Congress on behalf of their stu... -
NASFAA Graduate/Professional Members Take to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Better Consumer Information, Lower Interest Rates
October 5, 2016 - NASFAA members representing graduate/professional (G/P) institutions on Tuesday participated in meetings with congressional staff as part of NASFAA’s ongoing Advocacy Pipeline initiative. -
NASFAA Members Talk Pell Grants, Changes to Loan Origination Fees on Capitol Hill
June 17, 2016 - NASFAA members visited Capitol Hill on Thursday to advocate for the federal Pell Grant Program, a smooth transition to using prior-prior year (PPY) income data on the FAFSA, and changes to student loan origination fees. -
NASFAA Members Discuss PPY Implementation, Year-Round Pell on Capitol Hill
April 27, 2016 - NASFAA staff and members from institutions in Michigan and North Carolina gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss concerns with prior-prior year (PPY) implementation, and the potential resurrection of the year-round Pell Grant. Donna Holubik of E... -
NASFAA Members Discuss PPY, HEA Reauthorization on Capitol Hill
March 9, 2016 - NASFAA staff and members representing institutions from Illinois met with Congressional staffers Tuesday to advocate for an on-time budget process and ways to reduce student loan debt through a reauthorized Higher Education Act (HEA).