Nasfaa - nasfaa.org
General Information:
Latest News:
Health Care And Education Are Messed Up For The Same Reason 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"Health care and education pose the same basic threat to the economy: How do you keep costs down for a product when consumers can’t say 'no'?" Ezra Klein writes in The Washington Post's WonkBlog.
Opinion: How To Make College Better And More Affordable 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"Just when our country vitally needs a more educated workforce to stay competitive, the US system of higher education - once the envy of the world- is struggling to keep pace with changes in technolog...
Opinion: Obama's Aid Proposals Could Use A Reality Check 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"In the last few days, President Obama has rightly called the nation's attention to the importance of higher education. He is right to criticize states for not putting postsecondary education higher o...
Student Loan Rates Will Feed Federal Profits 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"A law touted by politicians as their way of keeping money in the pockets of the nation's college students will instead funnel more than $700 million in additional profit into the federal government's...
Colleges Are Toughening Up On Student Borrowing 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"The number of colleges at risk of penalty [due to student loan defaults] is on the rise. That helps explain the recent rush by many colleges to keep closer tabs on borrowers, even if the colleges' de...
Advocates For Historically Black Colleges Prepare To Sue Over PLUS Loan Changes 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"A coalition representing historically black colleges and members of the Congressional Black Caucus is threatening to sue the U.S. Education Department over eligibility changes it made two years ago i...
Access And Success Addressed At NASFAA’s Annual Conference 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"Casual observers of the 2013 National Association of Student Aid Administrators conference in Las Vegas this summer may have felt as if they were seeing double, with all the talk of 'prior-prior year...
CAP Proposes Some Bankruptcy Leeway Within A ‘Qualified Student Loan Program’ 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A new report from the Center for American Progress tackles consumer transparency—among other aims—for future students and their parents who will be borrowing to help pay for college.
Obama Singles Out For-Profit Colleges And Law Schools For Criticism 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
"President Obama took a swipe at law schools and for-profit colleges on Friday, the second day of his college bus tour, suggesting that legal education could be just as effective if it took two years ...
ED Undersecretary Debriefs College Officials On Obama Affordability Plans 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
During a conference call Friday, outgoing Education Department Undersecretary Martha Kanter recapped President Obama’s college affordability proposals and asked for continued feedback in the coming mo...
