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Net Price Calculator. College Board's Net Price Calculator (NPC) supports efficient financial aid processes. With a mobile-friendly design and an affordable one-year contract, NPC offers institutions the ability to deliver estimated net price for the upcoming academic year. And with no software to install and an intuitive setup, institutions can easily customize their NPC experience. Connect with us to learn more.

In the aftermath of the Department of Education’s (ED) reduction in force (RIF), ED’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that it will conduct a series of reviews examining how the RIF impacts the department’s programs and responsibilities.

A legal filing by the Department of Education’s (ED) undersecretary, James Bergeron, has corrected an initial claim concerning income-driven repayment (IDR) plan borrowers who filed married-filing-separately (MFS). The correction states that the spouse will be included in family size for MFS filers, but spousal income will not be. NASFAA’s article from April 14 examines the implications of ED’s initial memorandum in opposition, which has since been corrected.

NASFAA's 2025-26 Self-Study Guides are now available as PDFs, or in an interactive e-Reader format, through the RedShelf platform. Written for the independent learner, each Self-Study Guide includes multiple lessons with a variety of exercises to reinforce each lesson. Upon completion of your Self-Study Guide, you can qualify to take the related credential test and potentially earn a NASFAA Professional Credential. Did you know: NASFAA Value Plus Membership includes unlimited access to all Self-Study Guides? That is worth over $2,000 per staff member! Learn more about our Self-Study Guides on our FAQs page.

Updates to the P&P Builder are in progress! As a reminder, with the introduction of a new template, all previous templates will be archived. There is no need to worry, the process of rolling over previous versions of your manual to the new template is quick and easy. Once you have rolled over your manual, you can continue to make updates. You will be notified in advance of the archival through NASFAA’s Today’s News.

Financial aid administrators operate in a regulated environment where even concepts of time might not mean what they do in day-to-day life. An hour, a day, a week, and a year are all regulated calendar terms with a lot of subregulatory guidance attached. In this webinar, now available on demand, we parse out these terms and explore how even subtle changes to academic programs and courses could impact payment periods, semesters or quarters, and the timing of disbursements and student eligibility determinations.

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