NASFAA in the News

• NASFAA Mention: Covid Relief Legislation May Trigger Higher Student Loan Fees—But Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry Just Yet
  March 2, 2021 - "On Feb 27, the House Democrats passed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill and sent the legislation to the Senate," CNBC reports. "The American Rescue Plan increases the child tax credit, provides $30 billion for emergency rental assistance, funds a th...
• NASFAA Mention: Going Back to School? Apply for Scholarships, Grants and Loans With the FAFSA
  February 22, 2021 - "Let's try a thought experiment: You are over 50 and thinking about additional schooling — maybe to burnish your credentials, maybe to pivot careers and pursue a second act, or maybe because a pandemic-related layoff has given you little choice...
• NASFAA Mention: What Financial Aid Offices Need to Know About Legislative Changes Ahead
  February 19, 2021 - The government spending package passed at the end of 2020 included several provisions intended to extend federal financial support to more college students," Education Dive reports. 
• NASFAA Mention: Webster Students Explore Their Financial Aid Options
  February 18, 2021 - "Webster offers a variety of scholarships to freshman, transfer and international students. For some students, a scholarship from Webster is the deciding factor between attending here or another university. Although, not all scholarships are clearly ...
• NASFAA Mention: Aging Out of Foster Care During COVID-19 Pandemic Brings Additional Challenges
  February 18, 2021 - "Fall is Spencer Llewelyn’s favorite season, but the triple-digit October temperatures in Phoenix made it feel like an extension of last year’s blistering summer, the hottest on record. So, on a Wednesday morning, Llewelyn, 19, sat at his...
• NASFAA Mention: Millions of Americans Are Behind on Their Student Loans — How It Impacts Debt Forgiveness
  February 18, 2021 - "U.S. student debt has ballooned for decades, but this year, legislators appear to be more serious about student debt forgiveness than ever before — prompting bold proposals and vigorous debate about potential impacts and costs," CNBC...
• NASFAA Mention: How to Ask for More Financial Aid for College (and Hopefully Get It)
  February 17, 2021 - "Any financial aid is something to be grateful for — but you can be grateful and still ask for more. If you’ve done the math and your financial aid isn’t enough to cover college costs, you might consider doing just that," Student Lo...
• NASFAA Mention: FAFSA Application Changes Are Coming – What They Mean for Middle- and High-Income Families
  February 2, 2021 - "College students and their parents should mark their calendar because July 1, 2023, will be a big day. It’s the day that many new financial aid rules go into effect thanks to a funding bill signed into law at the end of December to avoid a gov...
• NASFAA Mention: Biden Rolls Out Major Shifts in Higher Education Policy in First Days
  February 1, 2021 - "Less than two weeks into office, President Joe Biden has signed several executive actions on higher education, a move experts say is a signal of a major shift in higher education policy coming over the next four years," The GW Hatchet reports.
• NASFAA Mention: How College Students Can Get An Emergency Covid-19 Grant
  January 29, 2021 - "If you’re a college student dealing with new expenses due to Covid-19-related changes at your school, a one-time Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grant could help," Forbes reports. 
• NASFAA Mention: Changes in FAFSA May Reduce College Aid for Some Families
  January 29, 2021 - "A new, shorter version of the federal student aid form is aimed at encouraging more families to complete it and qualify for financial help. But tweaks to its underlying formula could reduce aid for some families, particularly more affluent ones with...
• NASFAA Mention: Education Department Encourages Financial-Aid Adjustments for Students’ New Financial Realities
  January 29, 2021 - "In light of the Covid-19 crisis, financial-aid administrators can and should adjust students’ eligibility profiles to reflect realities such as job losses, an Education Department official said in guidance published on Friday," the Chronicle o...
• NASFAA Mention: Federal Student Aid System Undergoes Overhaul
  January 28, 2021 - Several policy changes were included in the recently approved 2021 Omnibus spending bill that will ease the federal student aid application process and expand Pell Grant eligibility, industry observers here say," the Spokane Journal of Business repor...
• NASFAA Mention: A Simpler FAFSA Could Increase Applicants
  January 22, 2021 - "Financial aid officers have been asking for years for a simplified federal financial aid form, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). After much work by financial aid advocates and, in particular, by outgoing Sen. Lamar Alexander...
• NASFAA Mention: 5 Steps Forward Financial Aid Leaders Want From Biden
  January 21, 2021 - "Financial aid leaders are calling on President Joe Biden to take five big step to provide students with more assistance as higher ed recovers from COVID. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ policy recommendations ...
• NASFAA Mention: Didn't Get Enough Financial Aid for College? You Can Ask for More Money
  January 17, 2021 - "Last spring, the pandemic stole Maddie Harvey's job on campus in the Dean of Students office. She was finishing up her senior year at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minn., and without the income from her job, she wasn't going to have enough mone...
• NASFAA Mention: Billions in Aid Head to Colleges
  January 15, 2021 - "The Education Department on Thursday made available the $21.2 billion in help to higher education included in the coronavirus relief legislation Congress and President Trump approved in December, but undocumented students could be left out of gettin...
• NASFAA Mention: Colleges, Students Will Have Easier Access to Second Round of Stimulus Funds, But Bureaucracy Remains
  January 14, 2021 - "Colleges and universities that received federal stimulus dollars last year will have an easier time accessing the second round of relief, but higher education experts say it will still take work to get money into the hands of students," The W...
• NASFAA Mention: Opinion: The Pros and Cons of Professional Judgment
  January 13, 2021 - "On Oct. 1, students and families across the country began using their 2019 tax information to start filling out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the fall of 2021, which institutions will use to calculate how much financial ...
• NASFAA Mention: What to Expect When Paying for College in 2021
  January 11, 2021 - "Families in the challenging position of having college-age children during the coronavirus pandemic aren't just facing the prospect of continued virtual courses in the new year. Prospective and current students are also making what's often one of ...
• NASFAA Mention: Students Affected by the Pandemic May Face Extra Hurdles for Financial Aid. Here's What They Should Know
  January 5, 2021 - "As college-bound students await news of acceptance to schools for this Fall, most will get financial aid offers based largely on their family's pre-pandemic income. For many, that's a relic from a more financially stable past that could cost student...
• NASFAA In the News: 2020 Archive
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• NASFAA in the News: 2013 Archive
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