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College Board. CSS Profile® launches October 1^st every year as a common institutional aid application. Used by hundreds of colleges, schools, and scholarship programs, CSS Profile connects more students with more financial aid. Now, CSS Profile is piloting a shorter application feature intended to increase access and equity. Learn more about CSS Profile and the 2024-25 pilot program.

This week on "Off The Cuff," Justin, Karen, and Tim discuss this week’s news that the Department of Education (ED) identified three issues concerning tax data reported on FAFSA applicant records. The team dives into the details of those identified issues, and what the department is doing next — including the latest update to reprocess all affected records.

The Department of Education (ED) announced in a blog post on Thursday that it plans to automatically reprocess all FAFSA records affected by the April 1 announcement, concerning tax data reported on Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs), in the “first half” of April.

NASFAA is seeking a financial aid expert to join its Business Services team as a project manager. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced financial aid professional who is ready for a career change and would enjoy helping NASFAA grow its consulting business, Blue Icon Advisors. Remote candidates are welcome and relocation is not expected. Those interested should apply online by Tuesday, April 9.

Register now for NASFAA U's Academic Calendars online course. This four-week collaborative online course will focus on the building blocks of Title IV program eligibility. Concepts such as academic year, payment periods, and program structure will be defined and illustrated as emerging academic program structures test the traditional basis of determining program eligibility and packaging students with Title IV aid. The course starts Tuesday, April 30, reserve your seat today.

Please join us in congratulating Celena Tulloss, FAAC®, formerly the director of scholarship integration and operations at the University of Utah and the director of financial aid and scholarships at the University of Tennessee, who is now the assistant vice president of enrollment management and the executive director of financial aid and scholarships at Auburn University. Celebrate your own career developments by completing the "Movers and Shakers" form to share the news with your colleagues.

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