Below are NASFAA's recent appearances in the media.
Half of Financial Aid Officers Want to Switch Jobs May 9, 2024-"Over half of all financial aid professionals are likely to seek employment in a new sector within the next year, according to a new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources and the National Association...
Thousands of Florida Students Scramble as College Financial Aid Flaws Mount May 9, 2024-"Destiny Obioha sat in class at Brandon High for weeks staring at her cell, a headphone in one ear, waiting for someone to answer her call. Instead of eating lunch with friends, she’d head to the library and start dialing," The Tampa Bay T...
How to Get Your Student Loan Out of Default (and How Long It’ll Take) May 7, 2024-"Defaulting on student loans has a host of negative consequences, including credit damage and wage garnishment. The best strategy is to avoid student loan default in the first place, but if you’re already behind, don’t fret — there ...
‘College Decision Day’ Passes, FAFSA in Flux May 2, 2024-"Although May 1 is known as “College Decision Day,” many high school seniors remain in a state of uncertainty as they await financial aid updates," Insight Into Diversity writes.
Education Department Urges Families to Complete FAFSA As College Decision Time Looms May 1, 2024-"On the eve of what’s traditionally been college decision day for students, the Education Department said Tuesday it has resolved issues with millions of federal financial aid applications and is encouraging more families to fill out the form, ...
May 1 Is Usually College Decision Day, but FAFSA Problems Are Causing Delays May 1, 2024-"May 1, known as college decision day across the country, is usually a celebratory time for high school seniors. But this year, many students are stuck in limbo as they wait for delayed financial aid award letters – and have yet to decide ...
How Did the FAFSA Rollout Go So Wrong? A Look at the Key Events May 1, 2024-"Many students, high school guidance counselors and college financial aid officers spent the winter and spring on pins and needles, as new problems with the FAFSA arose, sometimes weekly," USA Today reports.
College Decision Day Passes Many Students By as Financial Aid Delays Linger May 1, 2024-"May 1 is usually when high school seniors start flaunting T-shirts and hats from the colleges they’ll be attending in the fall. But decision day is looking more muted this year, the result of a scrambled financial aid application process that ...
Education Dept. Announces a Long-Awaited FAFSA Fix. But Is It Too Little, Too Late? April 30, 2024-"The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday announced a long-awaited fix that it said would allow students whose parents lack a Social Security number to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which many such fami...
Richard Cordray Takes the Fall for FAFSA Fiasco April 28, 2024-"Richard Cordray, the chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid and top student loan official in the Biden administration, is stepping down," Inside Higher Ed reports.
Leader of Federal Student Aid Office Steps Down After College Admissions Crisis April 26, 2024-"The nation’s top student aid official is stepping down, the Education Department said Friday, after the disastrous rollout of a new financial aid form that upended the college admissions process for millions of students this year," The New Yor...
Head of Federal Student Aid Steps Down After Chaotic FAFSA Season April 26, 2024-"The head of the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office Richard Cordray announced Friday he would step down from his role following the difficulties with the first season of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms," The Hil...
Federal Student Aid Chief to Step Down Amid FAFSA Chaos April 26, 2024-"Rich Cordray will step down as the chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office at the end of June, according to a Friday announcement from the agency," Higher Ed Dive reports.
Still Need FAFSA? Educators Plan More Events to Help Students April 23, 2024-"Talk to some high school and college students about this year’s Free Application for Financial Student Aid, or FAFSA, and they share their concerns as well as their optimism. Few voice anger about the glitches that have made this financial aid...
Presidents Under Pressure April 23, 2024-"Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday, April 23. Beckie Supiano wrote today’s Briefing. Nick Perez compiled Comings and Goings," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Colleges Still Waiting to Send Aid Offers April 22, 2024-"With less than two weeks until the typical May 1 commitment deadline, only 34 percent of colleges have started sending financial aid offers to accepted students, according to new survey data from the National Association for Student Financ...
April 30 Student Loan Consolidation Deadline Could Relieve Thousands April 19, 2024-"After decades of what it calls “historical failures in administering student loans,” the U.S. Department of Education is providing relief to college graduates navigating the volatile economy," Word In Black reports.
Massachusetts Pushes Back FAFSA Deadline to July 1 April 18, 2024-"The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education has pushed back the priority deadline for the state’s largest financial aid program from May 1 to July 1 — allowing students more time as they scramble to sort through the messy rollout of...
California’s Universities Navigate Unprecedented FAFSA Mistakes and Delays April 16, 2024-"Unprecedented difficulties in students applying for federal financial aid have wreaked havoc among financial aid and admissions officers across California’s colleges and universities, who are facing longer hours and more stress, sometimes whil...
How the Biden Administration Messed Up FAFSA April 16, 2024-"In late march, months into the Free Application for Federal Student Aid–rollout debacle that has thrown millions of students’ college plans into a state of flux, the Department of Education let universities know there was yet anothe...
Higher Ed Experts Foresee Enrollment Decline Due to Botched FAFSA Rollout April 16, 2024-"The botched launch of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) may lead to a precipitous drop in college enrollments for the upcoming school year that could surpass those reported following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to hig...
A Fumbled Rollout of a New Financial Aid Form Leaves FAFSA Completion Rates Low April 16, 2024-"Jayna Gilman, a University of Iowa first-year student studying human anatomy and physiology, is just one of millions of students nationwide who are unsure how much they may be expected to pay for college this fall after attempting to fill out the ne...
After the FAFSA Quake, a Flood of Corrections April 15, 2024-"Up to 16 percent of the 7 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) forms submitted so far include student errors and require corrections, the Education Department announced last Wednesday—far more than usual," Inside ...
Student Financial Aid Officers Warn of Delays as Congress Condemns ‘FAFSA Fail’ April 15, 2024-"When Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act in 2020, it was intended to make the process of filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form easier and more streamlined for low-income students hoping to attend college. But la...
Opinion: Biden’s Fafsa Failure and Forgotten Parents April 12, 2024-"'F.' That’s the grade financial aid experts gave the Education Department for its rollout of a new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (Fafsa) at a Congressional hearing on Wednesday. Even by government standards, the Biden team’s m...
Bipartisan Frustrations Mount Over FAFSA Chaos As Students Wait on Financial Aid Offers April 11, 2024-"For students and families applying for college financial aid, hang in there. Major problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, means that universities and colleges will most likely be delayed in getting offer letters out," ...
Student Aid Woes Stalk Education Secretary in Appearance on Capitol Hill April 11, 2024-"As Miguel A. Cardona, the education secretary, appeared before lawmakers on Wednesday to make his agency’s case for funding next year, members of both parties had something else on their minds: this year’s chaotic college admissions proc...
‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations April 11, 2024-"'Disaster.' 'Mess.' 'Crisis.' Those were a few terms used by Republicans and Democrats to describe the launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) during a Wednesday hearing of the House higher education subcommittee...
‘There’s Nothing More Important Right Now’: Cardona Commits to Fixing FAFSA Disaster April 10, 2024-"Education Secretary Miguel Cardona defended his administration’s botched debut of a new federal student aid application, as Republican appropriators pressed the cabinet official to explain the cause of glitches that are now expected to require...
FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill April 10, 2024-"The botched launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA), which has disrupted college admissions deadlines and shaken confidence in the Education Department, came under scrutiny Wednesday on Capitol Hill," Inside...
‘Crisis of Credibility’: FAFSA Rollout Panned During Congressional Hearing April 10, 2024-"House lawmakers and student financial aid experts widely panned the U.S. Department of Education’s bumpy rollout of the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid during a congressional hearing Wednesday," Higher Ed Dive reports.
House Testimony Highlights Biden’s Botched Student Aid Rollout April 10, 2024-"Education experts testified before the House on Wednesday about the continuing failures of the Biden administration’s botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid," The Washington Examiner reports.
FAFSA Delays: When Will Students Finally Get Financial Aid? April 10, 2024-"Students, families, colleges, and universities across the country are still in limbo after a botched rollout of the Department of Education’s new FAFSA form." WKRG reports.
Amid FAFSA Debacle, Colleges Confused About Biden’s Gainful Employment Demands April 8, 2024-"Universities around the country only recently received revised student financial aid data after months of delays — and the Biden administration is also requiring them to provide new employment metrics without telling them h...
New FAFSA Act Presents Delays and Frustration for Colleges, Students April 8, 2024-"The FAFSA Simplification Act was meant to shorten the application process by streamlining financial information directly from the IRS. However, it has been filled with issues and glitches since its conception," 16 News Now reports.
Federal Student Aid Train Wreck Continues to Stress Families April 5, 2024-"The hot mess that is the Department of Education’s new Free Application for Federal Financial Aid continues to spit out errors and delays, creating headaches for anxious students and families. In response, many colleges and universities are ex...
This Year, Colleges Must Choose Between Fast Financial Aid Offers, or Accurate Ones April 5, 2024-"Countless prospective college students are eager to commit to colleges, acceptances in hand, but are stuck waiting for one last piece of the puzzle: their college financial aid package. Those offers are coming later than normal this year, due to the...
Latest FAFSA Blunder Leaves Colleges In ‘Compromising’ Position April 4, 2024-"This year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) saga has taken another turn after the Department of Education sent incorrect financial aid information to colleges and universities, possibly creating more delays for students and pu...
Americans Are Picking Colleges Not Knowing If They Can Afford It April 4, 2024-"After one of the most chaotic application seasons ever, millions of students and their families are now picking colleges without knowing how much it will actually cost," Bloomberg reports.
Dealing With FAFSA Glitches and Confusion? Here’s What You Can Do April 4, 2024-"The redesigned 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available around the clock, following a weeklong soft launch, during which the form was open for as little as 30 minutes a day," NerdWallet reports.
Tax Errors Set Back FAFSA Processing—Again April 3, 2024-"The U.S. Education Department released additional details Tuesday on the scope and impact of the tax issue flagged last week by financial aid officers, the latest calculation error to beset the beleaguered rollout of the new FAFS...
The Latest FAFSA Problem Is ‘One Giant Step Back’ April 3, 2024-"About 20 percent of 6.6 million federal-aid forms processed so far this year include inconsistent tax information, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday night," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
330,000 FAFSAs Must Be Reprocessed, Education Department Says April 3, 2024-"About 330,000 federal financial aid applications will need to be reprocessed following yet another data error, according to the U.S. Department of Education," Higher Ed Dive reports.
FAFSA Glitches Leave Students Worried April 3, 2024-"Delays and glitches in implementing the overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid have left millions of students worried about whether they can attend college this fall," The Dallas Express reports.
FAFSA Tax Errors Impacting Local Graduating Seniors April 3, 2024-"The school year is coming to an end and that means seniors are getting ready to graduate. But college hopefuls are having issues with FAFSA. “About 20% of the FAFSA had issues with the IRS,” said Kory Lowe, School Counselor at Wicomico C...
New FAFSA Error May Impact Financial Aid Awards April 3, 2024-"Federal Student Aid (FSA) has discovered yet another error in processing the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), this time with the potential to positively or negatively affect students' eligibility for financial aid awards," Best ...
FAFSA Woes Continue; Delays Likely in College Financial Aid Packages April 1, 2024-"Many student financial aid packages will likely come later than normal this year after several problems with the Free Application for Student Aid, or FAFSA, which universities and colleges use to help determine what grants, work-study and other aid ...
As Colleges Receive FAFSA Records, Some Ask: ‘How Do We Trust This Data?’ March 31, 2024-"After months of vexing delays, Brenda Buzynski was eager to see the data from federal financial aid forms start coming in. Finally, the University of Iowa administrator thought, she could begin creating aid officers for thousands of students," ...
College Financial Aid Administrators Are Running Out of Time - And Losing Patience March 29, 2024-"The news frustrated Stephanie Levenson, but it didn’t surprise her. After all, she had been hearing about delays and technical problems with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, ever since the form went live, at the end ...
FAFSA: 'Unforced Error' in Aid Calculations Will Likely Cause More Delays for Students March 28, 2024-"A calculation error with the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) sent incorrect data to colleges processing financial aid awards, impacting 200,000 students who may have previously received financial aid letters," Yahoo Finance ...
Yet Another FAFSA Error Could Further Delay College Financial Aid Offers March 28, 2024-"Hundreds of thousands of students and their families may face a further delay in receiving their college financial aid offers because of yet another glitch in the system that’s used to determine eligibility," Forbes reports.
Citing FAFSA Mess, Colleges Want Relief From New Gainful Rule March 27, 2024-"As colleges and universities scramble to process student financial aid applications and send out award letters, institutions want more time to comply with reporting requirements in the Education Department's new gainful employment and financial valu...
FAFSA Miscalculation Impacts Some Pittsburgh-Area Borrowers March 27, 2024-"A miscalculation in college students’ financial aid information means that over 200,000 borrowers’ information needs to be recalculated — and some Pittsburgh-area students are among those affected," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette repo...
Latest FAFSA Error Affects Aid for 200K, Offers for Everyone Else March 26, 2024-"Students and families may have to wait even longer for college financial aid offers this spring. The U.S. Education Department miscalculated financial need in almost 15% of the 1.5 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms it pr...
Delayed Financial Aid Forms Trickle Into UTEP, Higher Ed Campuses March 26, 2024-"The information that colleges and universities need to prepare financial aid offers for the millions of students who want to attend those institutions started to arrive at the campuses two weeks ago – about three months behind schedule," El Pa...
FAFSA Glitch Imperils Financial Aid for 200,000 Students March 26, 2024-"Millions of American students rely on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to afford college. The financial aid form is required for any student seeking federal loans or grants and is used by most colleges offering their own financia...
FAFSA Error May Prolong Financial Aid Delays For Applicants March 26, 2024-"The Department of Education disclosed an error in its evaluation of federal student aid, potentially leading to extended delays for thousands of applicants," LiveNOW from Fox reports.
The Feds Just Botched Financial Aid Data for Roughly 200K Students March 26, 2024-"The United States Department of Education sent out hundreds of thousands of student financial aid assessments to colleges in recent weeks that have since been found to be inaccurate, the department shared last week," KLRD Radio Dallas reports.
‘Another Unforced Error’ in the FAFSA Fiasco March 25, 2024-"The notoriously rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)keeps getting rockier," Inside Higher Ed reports.
The FAFSA Blunders Continue March 25, 2024-"Roughly 200,000 of the 1.5 million federal student aid records sent to schools now need to be reprocessed by the Education Department," POLITICO reports.
California Extends Deadline for Students Seeking State Financial Aid Amid FAFSA Turmoil March 25, 2024-"California students will have an extra month to submit applications for state financial aid, a deadline extension to help with ongoing setbacks and delays that have plagued the roll out of new federal forms that colleges and states rely on to calcul...
Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error March 25, 2024-"The U.S. Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications," Diverse: I...
Student Aid March Madness March 24, 2024-"This isn’t the right kind of March madness. The Education Department’s confused rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa, grew more chaotic Friday when it announced that incorrect data had been sent to colleg...
Feds Spoil Financial Aid Applications of 200,000 U.S. Students March 23, 2024-"The U.S. Department of Education has sent out approximately 200,000 faulty student financial applications to colleges due to an error in its processing, the agency announced on Friday," The Daily Beast reports.
Education Department Sparks New GOP Anger as Cardona Pivots on Financial Aid Blunder March 22, 2024-"Republicans already livid with the Biden administration for sinking the college admissions season into turmoil with a bungled financial aid rollout are jabbing Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for trying to spread the blame," POLITICO reports.