NASFAA in the News

• Draft FAFSA Released
  March 28, 2023 - "The first version of what the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid will look like is here, and it’s not the short application many have hoped for. It has 46 questions and runs 21 pages, although many students won’t have to answer...
• How to Afford Out-of-State Tuition
  March 28, 2023 - "Attending an out-of-state college appeals to many students. Some people want to live in a new place. Others look out of state because it also opens up hundreds more options so students can choose a school that matches their future plans. In most sta...
• Colleges Are Raising Prices Faster on Their Lower-Income Than Their Higher-Income Students
  March 27, 2023 - "Even in high school, Miguel Agyei worried about how he’d pay for college. The son of parents who work at a hospital and for UPS, Agyei wanted to go to a school away from his home state of Illinois, but that was too expensive. He instead picked...
• FAFSA Launch Officially Delayed
  March 23, 2023 - "The new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid won’t be available to students until December, the Education Department confirmed this week," Inside Higher Ed reports. 
• Updated FAFSA Launch Officially Delayed Two Months To December
  March 23, 2023 - "The Department of Education (ED) has officially said that this year’s Free Application for Federal Student aid (FAFSA) will not open until December, two months later than usual. The delay comes as the result of a huge overhaul of the fede...
• Politico Pro Morning Education: SCOTUS Collides With Disability Rights and Fights Over Money
  March 22, 2023 - "A new and simplified 2024-25 FAFSA application form will not be released until sometime in December, the Education Department’s office of Federal Student Aid announced on Tuesday," POLITICO reports.
• New FAFSA Will Debut in December, Education Department Says
  March 22, 2023 - "A new, simplified version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, will debut sometime in December, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Tuesday," Higher Ed Dive reports. 
• Treating Farm Families Unfairly?
  March 21, 2023 - "Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action," Inside Higher Ed report...
• FAFSA Redesign Delayed By Two Months, Says Education Dept.
  March 21, 2023 - "The Education Department said Tuesday it will launch the redesign of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in December, missing the annual Oct. 1 release of the form that millions of students rely on to determine their eligibility for grants ...
• Higher Ed Organizations Press for Firm FAFSA Release Date
  March 21, 2023 - "Eight higher education organizations are asking the U.S. Department of Education to commit to a date by which it will release the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which is in the process of being revised," K-12 Dive reports. 
• New FAFSA to Arrive in December, Education Department Confirms
  March 21, 2023 - "A new and simplified 2024-25 FAFSA application form will not be released until sometime in December, the Education Department announced on Tuesday," POLITICO reports.
• Secret Shopper Policy Draws Praise, Concern
  March 20, 2023 - "The Department of Education’s announcement last week of a secret shopper program to investigate the recruitment, enrollment, and financial aid practices of schools has garnered mixed reactions. While advocates of access hailed the policy,...
• Opinion: College Costs Must Be Transparent: Congress Has to Require Schools Provide Families with the Actual Price of Attending
  March 15, 2023 - "The financial aid letters that colleges send to families are misleading, even deceptive. This makes it nearly impossible for families to know what they will pay for college, known as a college’s net price. This occurs because federal law does ...
• 6 Ways Financial Aid Officers Support Student Success
  March 13, 2023 - "Financial wellness may not be the first area that comes to mind when thinking of well-being, but it is considered one of the eight dimensions of wellness," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• Opinion: A Simplified FAFSA? Yes—and Yet, Not Yet
  March 13, 2023 - "Last week I sat in a room filled with enrollment management leaders from across the country. This group, which represents public and private, large and small colleges, accounts for hundreds of years assisting students and families with the admission...
• Biden’s Budget Calls for $820 Pell Increase
  March 10, 2023 - "President Biden is seeking a third increase to the annual Pell Grant, of $820, as part of his budget request to Congress, which was unveiled Thursday," Inside Higher Ed reports. 
• Biden’s Budget Prioritizes Higher Education, Despite Pushback
  March 10, 2023 - "Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion budget Thursday paying close attention to three areas: infrastructure, healthcare and education," University Business reports. 
• Students Deserve Simpler Financial Aid Offers, the Understanding the True Cost of College Act Will Help
  March 9, 2023 - "For the majority of students and their families, paying for college is one of the most expensive transactions they will ever undertake. Unfortunately, there is no way for students and families to easily compare financial aid packages so they can fig...
• Biden’s Proposed $90B Education Department Budget Features Tuition-Free Community College
  March 9, 2023 - "President Joe Biden laid out his budget blueprint for fiscal 2024 on Thursday, a plan that would infuse the U.S. Department of Education with $90 billion in discretionary spending and fund tuition-free community college nationwide, one of his centra...
• More College Students Are Turning to GoFundMe to Help Pay Their Tuition Bills
  March 1, 2023 - "College students are increasingly turning to crowdfunding to help cover their education expenses, according to new data from the fundraising platform GoFundMe," MarketWatch reports.
• Supreme Court Justices Skeptical of Debt Relief
  March 1, 2023 - "Several Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans during a nearly four-hour hearing Tuesday," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• Survey Highlights Barriers to FAFSA Simplification
  February 28, 2023 - "Financial aid administrators at colleges and universities say a lack of time and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education are key barriers they’ll face in preparing to carry out the coming overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Stu...
• Fight Over Student Debt Cancellation Hits Supreme Court
  February 28, 2023 - "After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on...
• How to Negotiate With Creditors to Reduce Your Debt
  February 20, 2023 - "It would be hard to overestimate the impact of a crushing burden of debt. It can be a hole that gets deeper even after you spend years trying to fill it in," The Wall Street Journal reports. 
• How Much Can I Borrow for College?
  February 14, 2023 - "The cost of attending college continues to rise, and for many students, paying for their education requires borrowing. A variety of federal student loans are available through the U.S. Department of Education, while private loans are offered by...
• How to Pay for College Without Loans
  February 14, 2023 - "For high school students and their families, the process of applying for college can be loaded with questions: Where will I be accepted? Which major should I choose? And, perhaps most importantly, how will I pay for it all? For many students, paying...
• Class of 2022 Missed Out on $3.6B in College Grants, Report Shows
  February 10, 2023 - "High school graduates left billions of dollars in free college aid on the table by not filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, in 2022. Among the class of 2022, 44% of high school graduates skipped the FAFSA — ...
• A Return to the ‘Normal-Normal’: Colleges Ready to Adjust to End of Pandemic Emergencies
  February 8, 2023 - "As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions," Diverse: Issues in...
• Education Department Hints at Possible Delay of FAFSA
  February 8, 2023 - "The new version of the Free Application of Student Aid might not be ready by Oct. 1, Federal Student Aid officials said Tuesday, though the agency is planning to launch the application in the fourth quarter of this year," Inside Higher Ed ...
• Education Dept. May Miss Oct. 1 Deadline for Redesigned FAFSA Form
  February 7, 2023 - "The Education Department may miss the Oct. 1 deadline for launching its redesigned Free Application for Federal Student Aid, raising the ire of advocates who say a delay could be detrimental to students from lower-income households," The Washin...
• Emergency Pandemic Funds Kept Schools Afloat, New Report Says
  February 3, 2023 - "Joe Biden’s tenure in office has proven his administration does not take the pandemic lightly for higher education: His $40 billion bandage has helped over 18 million students receive emergency aid since 2021, according to the Department of Ed...
• Pandemic Higher Ed Relief Funds Kept Students Enrolled and Institutions Open
  February 2, 2023 - "More than 18 million college students received federal COVID-19 emergency funds in the last two years—money that helped them stay in college and cover the cost of basic needs, the Education Department found in a new report on the fed...
• Federal Student Loan System In Need of ‘Robust Interventions’
  January 30, 2023 - "The federal student aid system needs “robust interventions” in order to break the cycle of inequity in higher education finance, the ombudsman for the agency that runs the system concluded in its annual report," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• The Best Grants for Students
  January 30, 2023 - "Grants are monetary awards for college-related costs, like tuition, room and board, books, fees and other related expenses. Unlike loans, grants don’t have to be paid back, and there’s no limit to how many you can get," Bankrate reports.
• Given Delays, Higher Education Observers Are Worried About New FAFSA
  January 22, 2023 - "The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the backbone of the federal financial aid system and a source of deep frustration for millions of students, parents, high school counselors, and financial aid administrators. Perhaps the only t...
• Clear Financial Aid Offers Require More Than Federal Legislation
  January 10, 2023 - "I write regarding Wesley Whistle's December essay urging Congress to step in to improve the transparency of financial aid letters. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has spent significant time with st...
• Groups Seek Details on FAFSA Simplification Timeline
  January 9, 2023 - "The Department of Education is supposed to release an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October, but organizations representing financial aid officers and college access groups are seeking to confirm that timeline," ...
• Pell Grant Program Gets Its Biggest Funding Boost in a Decade, Helping Students With College Affordability
  January 7, 2023 - "From community colleges to Ivy League universities, about a third of U.S. undergraduates stand to gain this year from a funding increase to a major federal grant program," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. 
• Low-Income Students Can Get More Money to Help Pay for College This Year
  January 6, 2023 - "Low-income college students can get an additional $500 from the federal government to help pay their education bills later this year," Money reports.
• Biggest Boost in a Decade Brings Maximum Pell Grant Award to Nearly $7,400 for College Students
  January 4, 2023 - "Millions of college students who receive the federal need-based Pell Grant will see the yearly maximum award increase by $500 to $7,395 this fall, the largest boost in a decade and the second increase in two years," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports...
• Federal Student Loan Delinquency and Default: What to Know
  December 27, 2022 - "Delinquency paves the way to default when it comes to repaying student loans, and millions of Americans who borrowed to fund their postsecondary education find themselves on that problematic path each year," U.S. News & World Report writes. ...
• Congress May Not Increase Funding for FSA. Here’s Why That Matters.
  December 23, 2022 - "The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has a lot on its plate in 2023, but it may have to make do without a funding increase," Best Colleges reports.
• Opinion: College Admission “For The Rest Of Us”
  December 23, 2022 - "Let’s face it, the college admission process exists to serve one primary purpose: for colleges and universities to fill seats with those students who will be the best match for what the institution offers. Despite the public good and lofty mis...
• 5 Ways to Pay for Community College
  December 22, 2022 - "Cost is often the deciding factor for students choosing between enrolling at a community college or four-year college," U.S. News & World Report writes.
• Task Force Hopes to Make Financial Aid Applications More Transparent
  December 21, 2022 - "To improve the clarity and consistency of college financial aid offers, ten higher education associations launched a task force to standardize financial aid applications, making them more accurate, clear, and transparent," Campus Reform reports.
• NASFAA Rolls Out Recommendations for Pell Grant Expansion
  December 20, 2022 - "Education officials should step up communication about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process for incarcerated students to make sure the upcoming Pell Grant expansion is successful, according to a new report," Best Colleges rep...
• How Can Colleges Adapt Their Financial Aid Offices for Prison Education Programs?
  December 20, 2022 - "Colleges interested in providing prison education programs need to adapt their financial aid practices to best serve incarcerated students, according to a new report from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators," Higher...
• New NACAC Committee Will Add Students to Discussion of Admissions Practices
  December 15, 2022 - "In January, NACAC released recommendations developed with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators on eroding equity-related roadblocks in admissions," Higher Ed Dive reports.
• Washington Watch: AACC Involved in Addressing Concerns Over Institutional ‘Award Letters’
  December 15, 2022 - "The seemingly straightforward process of colleges notifying individuals about the amount of student aid they are eligible for, as well as the costs of attending the college, has suddenly generated heated attention. AACC is involved in addressin...
• Opinion: Colleges Need to Be More Transparent About Costs
  December 13, 2022 - "The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report that felt all too familiar. The report found that the financial aid offers (also known as award letters) that colleges and universities send to students that detail personali...
• 5 Higher Education Bills to Monitor This Lame-Duck Session
  December 9, 2022 - "Transparency, HBCUs, and the federal Pell Grant program have a chance to take center stage during Congress' lame-duck session this year," Best Colleges reports.
• Financial Literacy: What College Students Need to Know
  December 8, 2022 - "Given the rising cost of tuition, college students need to be more informed than ever about the implications of paying for higher education. But making financial decisions – including around budgeting, taking out loans or investing &ndash...
• 4 Ways Biden’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan Could Help Borrowers
  December 8, 2022 - "Student loan forgiveness has captured the attention of millions of Americans, as they wait to see how the Supreme Court will rule on the Biden Administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of federal debt per borrower," Money reports.
• Higher-Ed Groups Create Task Force to Clarify College Costs
  December 6, 2022 - "Last week, a group of higher-education associations announced the creation of a task force that aims to increase clarity around college costs and financial aid," Associations Now reports.
• Is Your College Following the 10 Best Practices for Financial Aid Transparency?
  December 6, 2022 - "Most colleges are not following best practices for providing clear and standard information in their financial aid offers. That’s a direct quote from the latest federal analysis of how easy—or difficult—colleges and ...
• GAO Blasts Colleges on Aid Offers
  December 6, 2022 - "One of the most important steps when a student is choosing a college is knowing they have access to enough money to pay for it. But a new report from the Government Accountability Office blasted most colleges for failing to tell students how mu...
• GAO: FINANCIAL AID OFFERS DON’T INCLUDE THE COST OF COLLEGE
  December 6, 2022 - "Most colleges are not following the Education Department’s best practices for providing clear information in their financial aid offers. Nearly two-thirds of colleges follow half or fewer of the 10 best practices and no college followed all 10...
• Most Colleges Don’t Provide Accurate Financial Aid Offers, Federal Watchdog Says
  December 6, 2022 - "More than 90% of colleges lowball their net price or don’t provide any detail about it in students’ financial aid offers, according to a blistering new report from a federal watchdog, which called on Congress to pursue legislation t...
• Politico Pro Morning Education: College Presidents Chase a Dream
  November 30, 2022 - "Ten of the country’s top higher education associations are setting up a new task force intended to create financial aid offer 'principles and standards' so students understand how much a postsecondary education will cost and better compare off...
• A New Push to Make Financial-Aid Offers More Transparent
  November 29, 2022 - "So how much does this cost? It’s a simple question people ask all time, whether they’re shopping for a winter coat or a Camry. But as many Americans know, it’s much more difficult to determine exactly how much money they’ll n...
• 10 Higher Ed Associations Try to Tackle Confusing Financial Aid Offers — Again
  November 29, 2022 - "A group of 10 higher education associations are creating a task force in a renewed effort to make the financial aid offers that colleges present to students clearer and more consistent," Higher Ed Dive reports. 
• ‘Paying for College Transparency Initiative’ Launched
  November 29, 2022 - "The leaders of 10 national higher education associations have launched the Paying for College Transparency Initiative," Inside Higher Ed reports. 
• U.S. Universities Promise More Clarity on Student Aid Offers
  November 29, 2022 - "U.S. universities are promising to make clearer to students their actual costs, agreeing through their nationwide leadership associations to create a single standard for understanding and comparing net prices and financial aid offers," Times Higher ...
• What Changed in 2 Years Since Grinnell Said It Would Try No-Loan Financial Aid
  November 22, 2022 - "In November 2020, colleges and their millions of students were smarting from the economic sting of the coronavirus pandemic. Colleges trimmed costs after campus shutdowns prompted many to refund auxiliary fees for services like residence halls ...
• Commonplace or a Painful Practice?
  November 21, 2022 - "A group of students at Morehouse College who recently learned they would not be getting scholarship funds they expected and believed they were entitled to receive are demanding change and clarity about the institution’s scholarship policies. T...
• NADOHE Panel: Colleges Must Prepare for Affirmative Action Verdicts Now
  November 21, 2022 - "The Supreme Court’s decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina, the cases that could re-shape the role of race in admissions or even ban it entirely, are not likely to be known until next June. But institut...
• No-Loan Schools: What Are They and How to Apply
  November 21, 2022 - "The cost of college has nearly tripled over the last four decades. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, tuition at four-year institutions went from roughly $5,000 a year in 1980-81 to over $16,000 a year in 2020-21. Now, record...
• Colleges Struggle to Provide Clarity Amid Disruption in Student-Debt Cancellation
  November 16, 2022 - "Three months ago the Biden administration, with much fanfare, rolled out a plan for canceling some student debt. But in the past week, after 26-million borrowers had submitted applications for relief, two court rulings brought it to a halt," The Chr...
• Moving Forward on FAFSA Simplification
  November 11, 2022 - "The U.S. Education Department is moving forward to carry out some parts of the FAFSA Simplification Act before unveiling a simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid next fall," Inside Higher Ed reports. 
• Financial Aid and EFC Changes
  November 3, 2022 - "This week on SA Voices From the Field we interviewed Justin Draeger, President & CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Today we talked to Justin about all of the upcoming Financial Aid and EFC changes that...
• Fewer Affordable Options for Pell Grant Students
  October 31, 2022 - "Pell Grant recipients are increasingly finding fewer affordable options for college and higher financial unmet needs, the National College Attainment Network found in a new analysis," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• 5 Ways to Get a Tuition Discount
  October 28, 2022 - "College is a costly investment, but there are several ways to reduce the burden. One option is through tuition discounts, which in recent years have been offered at historically high rates at private colleges, for instance," U.S. News & World Re...
• Student Aid Eligibility Changes Under FAFSA Simplification
  October 25, 2022 - "A new Free Application for Federal Student Aid is less than a year away, and colleges and universities are already planning for the expected overhaul of federal student aid," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• Préstamos Estudiantiles: ¿Como Puedo Solicitar el Perdón y De Que Me Debo Cuidar?
  October 25, 2022 - "Una Corte de Apelaciones freno este viernes de manera momentánea la condonación de deudas estudiantiles, una iniciativa del gobierno del presidente Biden," Telemundo Denver reports.
• ‘It’s $10,000 That’s on the Line.’ Borrowers Who Used Pell Grants Decades Ago Can’t Find Proof and Worry They Will Lose Biden’s Relief.
  October 21, 2022 - "Though she applied to college more than 40 years ago, Frida Marte can clearly remember the details of the experience," MarkertWatch reports.
• Congress Provided $30 Billion In Emergency Aid For Students, What Did We Learn?
  October 20, 2022 - "Early 2020 saw colleges close campus housing, students sent home or sometimes into homelessness, and a switch to online learning as lockdowns led to a massive shift in how higher education operated. These changes also left many students without the ...
• Eat or Pay Tuition? Many Community College Students Are Forced to Choose. But Colleges Can Help.
  October 19, 2022 - "Finishing a degree can be the least of a person’s worries when they don’t know where their next meal is coming from or where they’ll sleep at night," USA Today reports.
• How Students Spent More Than $30 Billion in Federal COVID Aid
  October 18, 2022 - “Let’s talk about financial aid, COVID financial aid for students,” BRN AM reported in a segment with NASFAA’s senior policy analyst, Jill Desjean.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Official Application Is Live
  October 17, 2022 - "The student loan forgiveness application officially opened on Monday at studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application, powered by the Education Department (ED). This is the only site where borrowers can sign up for student loan forgiveness," Yahoo Money re...
• Student Debt Relief Website Up; OSU-Cascades Students Call It Game Changer
  October 17, 2022 - "The White House on Monday announced the official launch of the student debt relief application website, giving students in debt a chance to eliminate as much as $20,000 of what they owe," Central Oregon Daily News reports.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Government Opens Beta Version of Application
  October 15, 2022 - "The Education Department (ED) opened up a beta version of its student loan forgiveness application process at studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application, offering periodic access to some borrowers who can apply ahead of the official launch," Yahoo ...
• More States Require High School Seniors to Fill Out Financial Aid Form
  October 14, 2022 - "A growing number of states are pushing high school seniors to file the federal financial aid form because evidence suggests that students who complete the form are more likely to attend college," the New York Times reports. 
• How Many Virginians No Longer Qualify for Student Loan Relief? It’s Hard to Say.
  October 14, 2022 - "Questions remain as to how many borrowers in Virginia no longer qualify for federal student loan forgiveness under new eligibility requirements for President Biden’s debt cancellation program," Virginia Mercury reports.
• How Student Loan Borrowers Can Take Advantage of President Biden’s Forgiveness Plan
  October 14, 2022 - "Student loan borrowers across the country will have until December 2023 to apply for up to $20,000 in forgiveness from the federal government," Chalkbeat reports. 
• With Scam Calls on the Rise, Here’s How to Identify Student Debt Relief Scams, Avoid Fraud
  October 12, 2022 - "If you keep getting calls or voicemails demanding you to “apply for student debt relief before the program is discontinued,” you are likely the recipient of a scam call — don’t pick up," The Dallas Morning News reports.
• Servicers Use Student Loan Forgiveness to Promote Refinancing
  October 12, 2022 - "As borrowers wait to apply for student loan forgiveness, several debt servicers have used the opportunity since the cancellation announcement to tout private loan refinance options," Yahoo News reports. 
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Government Offers Glimpse of Application for Borrowers
  October 11, 2022 - "The Education Department (ED) provided a first look at the student loan forgiveness application on Tuesday, but did not say exactly when the form would go live for borrowers to fill out," Yahoo News reports.
• Pace of FAFSA Simplification Concerning
  October 10, 2022 - "The long-awaited simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid should be open next fall, but financial aid administrators and college access advocates are skeptical that the U.S. Department of Education can meet that deadline," Inside Higher E...
• FAFSA Verification: What to Do if You're Selected
  October 10, 2022 - "Submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid isn't the final step families take to receive federal financial aid. In addition to providing information requested by their chosen school, some filers are asked to provide documentation t...
• What Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Means for Women and BIPOC Borrowers
  October 7, 2022 - "Student debt is an issue that affects more than 40 million Americans nationwide. However, it’s no secret that the student debt crisis disproportionately affects both women and people of color, who not only carry higher debt balances than their...
• Report: Emergency Funds Saved College Students From Stopping Out
  October 6, 2022 - "Did the $77 billion given by Congress to institutions of higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a large portion earmarked for students, really make a difference? Emergency funds funneled by colleges and universities indeed were con...
• 10 Common Mistakes Made on the FAFSA
  October 6, 2022 - "Many colleges, universities and states use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as the FAFSA, to determine students' eligibility for nonfederal need-based aid – additional funds students can use to pay fo...
• What's New on the 2023-2024 FAFSA
  October 6, 2022 - "The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, opened Oct. 1 with a few tweaks to financial information questions," U.S. News and World Report writes.
• ‘What Century Are We In?’: Biden Slams College Birth Control Bans
  October 5, 2022 - "IT’S WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5. WELCOME TO MORNING EDUCATION. A majority of the Supreme Court declined to embrace an argument advanced by Alabama calling for a “race neutral” reading of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act," POLITICO r...
• Students Say COVID-19 Aid Improved Grades, Relieved Stress
  October 5, 2022 - "Federal emergency aid disbursed during the COVID-19 pandemic helped college students stay enrolled in classes, provided stress relief and improved academic outcomes, a new report out today says," Inside Higher Ed reports.
• How Students Spent More Than $30 Billion in Federal Covid Aid
  October 5, 2022 - "The vast majority of college students at 11 institutions who received emergency financial aid through the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund said the money helped to reduce their stress and let them better focus on their studies, accordi...
• What Colleges Can Learn From COVID-19 Relief to Improve Other Emergency Aid Programs
  October 5, 2022 - "In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress approved three batches of emergency relief funding for higher ed totaling more than $76 billion. The U.S. Department of Education distributed the money to colleges through the Higher Education Emer...
• Assessing the REAL Reforms Act: Loan Limits
  October 4, 2022 - “'Assessing the REAL Reforms Act' is a Minding the Campus symposium that will closely analyze the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, a bill recently introduced by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC...
• Wisconsin Borrowers Can Follow These Steps to Ensure They Receive Student Loan Forgiveness
  September 30, 2022 - "On Aug. 24, President Joe Biden announced the student loan payment pause was extended  until Dec 31. Additionally, individuals making less than $125,000 or households making less than $250,000 could have up to $20,000 in student loans forg...
• For Biden’s Loan-Forgiveness Plan, a Flurry of Lawsuits, a Rollback, and a New Sticker Price
  September 30, 2022 - "A lot has happened since President Biden in August announced his plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student-loan debt for millions of Americans — specifically, in the last week," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.