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Browse through previously delivered NASFAA Task Force Reports.

  • Use of AI in the Financial Aid Office Task Force Report
    July 7, 2026 - This report presents the recommendations from NASFAA's task force on the use of AI in the Financial Aid Offices and how NASFAA can best assist its members.
  • Findings from a Review of Institutional AI Policies
    May 12, 2026 - This report presents findings from a scan of 54 institutional AI policies and guidance documents submitted by NASFAA member institutions.
  • 2025 First-Time Attendee Task Force Report
    July 30, 2025 - This report outlines the work of our 2025 National Conference First-Time Attendees Task Force.
  • Career Awareness Thought Force Report
    September 23, 2024 - NASFAA convened the Career Path Awareness for Financial Aid Administrators Thought Force in Oct. 2023 to examine ways to change or expand upon the perception of the financial aid profession from an accidental career to a chosen professional pathway.
  • 2024 NASFAA Conference First-Time Attendee Task Force Final Report
    August 12, 2024 - This year, the task force was focused on two goals: connecting mentors with mentees and providing a space for all first-time attendees to network and feel welcomed at the conference.
  • Examining Federal Work-Study Task Force Report
    January 10, 2024 - The primary purpose of NASFAA’s Examining Federal Work-Study Task Force was to examine what changes institutions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to their Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs.
  • Resumption of Loan Repayment Task Force Report
    August 1, 2023 - NASFAA convened the Resumption of Loan Repayment Task Force to develop institutional considerations that schools can follow to communicate with borrowers and assist them as they prepare to resume student loan repayment.
  • Pell for Incarcerated Students Working Group Report
    December 16, 2022 - NASFAA convened a working group of members and individuals knowledgeable of the Second Chance Pell pilot to examine the challenges, both existing & future, that incarcerated students may face throughout the FAFSA completion and enrollment processes.
  • Succession Planning Task Force Report
    September 20, 2021 - With a significant percentage of membership projected to retire within the next 10 years, NASFAA sought to convene a group charged with evaluating the impact of a changing workforce, identifying new leaders, shifts in member engagement activities...
  • NASFAA Thought Force on Under-Resource Schools Report
    April 19, 2021 - This thought force is tasked with developing a working definition of an under-resourced school, determining how many NASFAA members would meet that definition, exploring & clearly identifying the challenges faced by under-resourced schools.
  • Administrative Capability Task Force Report
    June 1, 2020 - NASFAA’s Administrative Capability Task Force, convened in September 2019 to deliver a report containing recommendations that could provide better support for financial aid offices, ensuring they are able to meet administrative capability standards.
  • Examining Software Providers' Compliance With the NASFAA Code of Conduct Report
    May 25, 2020 - NASFAA convened this working group to research and analyze the role that student financial aid management software plays in institutions' ability to provide accurate and clear aid offers.
  • Enhanced Loan Counseling Task Force Report
    November 13, 2019 - The group recommended a customized counseling approach, using modules that would be offered at key points in students’ educational paths instead of a one-size-fits-all annual counseling requirement.
  • 2019 Conference Mentor Task Force Final Report
    September 13, 2019 - The 2019 Conference Mentor Task Force summed up their meetings and findings in this Final Report.
  • NASFAA HEA Reauthorization Recommendations Refresh Working Group Report
    August 7, 2019 - In a report adopted by the NASFAA Board of Directors in June, the NASFAA HEA Reauthorization Recommendations Refresh Working Group proposed 12 new HEA reauthorization recommendations to add to NASFAA's existing list of reauthorization priorities.
  • Modernizing Title IV Aid to Encourage and Accommodate Innovation in Higher Education
    June 28, 2019 - This task force task force was an extension of 2015's Innovative Learning Models task force and convened in the context of the impending reauthorization of the HEA.
  • Re-Examining Paradigms of Campus-Based Aid Report
    January 4, 2018 - The task force convened over the summer for 2017, ultimately developing two models for preserving the campus-based aid programs in a one grant/one loan environment.
  • Graduate and Professional Loan Limits White Paper
    August 24, 2017 - With a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act looming, NASFAA convened the Graduate and Professional Loan Limits task force to make recommendations that would ensure that G/P students’ needs are adequately considered in upcoming legislation.
  • Accessing Tuition and Debt-Free Higher Education Task Force Report
    January 1, 2017 - This task force provided a detailed environmental scan of selected existing plans; examined the implications of promise plans for different institution types as well as for students; deliberated the roles of state and local government, private...
  • Consumer Information and Law Student Indebtedness Task Force
    September 12, 2016 - As part of a project funded by Access Group, NASFAA seeks to determine what consumer information is most vital to aiding Graduate/Professional (G/P) students.
  • Examining “One Grant, One Loan” Task Force Report
    September 6, 2016 - Several proposals have recommended consolidating the federal aid programs into one grant program and one loan program, commonly referred to as “one grant, one loan.” With that in mind, NASFAA convened a task force to examine the concept.
  • Examining the Lack of Graduate-Specific Data Task Force Report
    July 28, 2016 - This task force was charged with identifying the grad-specific data that is currently being collected & what new data the community would like to see collected in the future.
  • Examining the Lack of Graduate-Specific Data Task Force Report
    July 26, 2016 - This task force was charged with identifying the graduate-specific data that is currently being collected and what new data the community would like to see collected in the future.
  • Dynamic Loan Limits Working Group Releases Discussion Draft
    June 23, 2016 - NASFAA’s Dynamic Loan Limits Working Group was tasked with determining whether the current Direct Loan limit structure should change, and if so, to make a proposal outlining those changes. The discussion draft outlines their proposals.
  • NASFAA 2016 Advocacy Focus Groups Findings Report
    June 21, 2016 - NASFAA conducted eleven focus groups with a total of 88 participants to discuss innovative practices in FWS; challenges and pain points in the administration of the program; and ways institutions can use data to improve it.
  • Focusing Federal Student Aid Websites on Graduate and Professional Students
    March 7, 2016 - This report is from the Consumer Information and Law Student Indebtedness Task Force.
  • Return of Title IV Funds Task Force: Report to the NASFAA Board
    September 3, 2015 - The NASFAA R2T4 Task Force was convened in late 2014 to further develop, clarify, and amplify the Reauthorization Task Force’s (RTF) broad proposal approved by the NASFAA board.
  • Improving Financial Aid to Meet the Needs of Innovative Learning Models
    August 11, 2015 - In June 2015, the Innovative Learning Models Task Force submitted its report to the NASFAA Board of Directors. The report identifies five major themes which set the platform for the statutory and regulatory recommendations.
  • Innovative Learning Models Task Force Report
    August 11, 2015 - The report identifies five major themes which set the platform for statutory and regulatory recommendations in response to rising costs and the large growth in the number of nontraditional students.
  • FAFSA Simplification - NASFAA FAFSA Working Group Report
    July 15, 2015 - NASFAA’s FAFSA Working Group (FWG) focused on the number of questions on the FAFSA. NASFAA’s FWG set to work on developing a model that would simplify the process while still ensuring program integrity & accurate targeting of federal funds.
  • FAFSA Simplification - NASFAA FAFSA Working Group Report
    July 15, 2015 - NASFAA’s FAFSA Working Group worked to simplify the FAFSA process while still ensuring program integrity and accurate targeting of federal funds. This report outlines the proposed model and underlying assumptions.
  • Graduate/Professional Issues Caucus: Task Force Report
    April 24, 2015 - In June 2014 NASFAA convened this caucus to identify the unique needs (training & policy) of graduate and professional schools and to provide recommendations on how NASFAA can best support these institutions moving forward.
  • Graduate/Professional Issues Caucus: Full Report
    April 23, 2015 - The Graduate and Professional Issues Caucus was convened to identify the unique needs (training and policy) of graduate and professional schools and to provide recommendations on how NASFAA can best support these institutions moving forward.
  • Benchmarking Task Force Report
    April 6, 2015 - In October of 2014 NASFAA convened a task force to discuss the importance of benchmarking for the financial aid profession and agreed NASFAA should expand its current benchmarking data through surveys.  
  • NASFAA Professional Diversity Caucus Report
    March 24, 2015 - The Caucus convened in the summer of 2014 to better understand issues related to diversity within NASFAA's membership & to make suggestions about ways NASFAA can best include & meet the needs of our diverse membership.
  • Servicing Issues Task Force Report
    February 4, 2015 - This task force was convened to deliver a report to the Department of Education and other relevant agencies, containing recommendations for improving federal student loan servicing.
  • Measuring Excellence in Access and Diversity Report
    September 25, 2014 - NASFAA leadership asked the Access and Diversity Committee to conduct research on the tools currently available to assist an institution with their own evaluation prior to the development and implementation of a Federal rating tool.
  • The Campus-Based Aid Allocation Formula - NASFAA Task Force Report
    August 22, 2014 - Examine the formula by which congressional appropriations for the FSEOG, FWS, and Perkins Loan programs are distributed to schools, and develop proposals for changes to the allocation formula as part of NASFAA’s reauthorization recommendations.
  • Consumer Information Task Force Report
    August 1, 2014 - The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) Consumer Information Task Force was convened by the NASFAA Board of Directors to conduct a thorough review of the current student consumer information requirements and propo...
  • Consumer Information Report
    July 28, 2014 - Consumer Information Task Force was convened by the NASFAA Board of Directors to conduct a thorough review of the current student consumer information requirements and propose ways to streamline both the content and delivery of those requirements.
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness Report
    July 28, 2014 - This task force was convened to develop recommendations for improvement and to strengthen the PSLF program.
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness NASFAA Task Force Report
    July 28, 2014 - In spring 2014, the Board of Directors of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) convened a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Task Force, comprised a geographically diverse group of financial aid professiona...
  • Preliminary Report of the NASFAA Reauthorization Task Force to the Membership
    July 9, 2013 - NASFAA’s Board of Directors convened a Reauthorization Task Force in March 2012 to produce a set of proposals for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act that— Promote access to postsecondary education; Provide simplicity, consistency,...
  • Report of the NASFAA Task Force on Student Loan Indebtedness
    February 11, 2013 - NASFAA’s Task Force on Student Indebtedness was charged with examining current trends & making recommendations aimed at improving the system for students & institutions throughout all stages of borrowing.
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