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House Education Committee Advances Legislative Package to Transfer ED Responsibilities and Appropriations to Other Agencies
Legal Counsel at HEAG is closely tracking a House Education & Workforce Committee Bill that would shift core Department of Education functions to other federal agencies. ...
What the D.C. District Court’s Stay Means for “Professional Student” Status and Loan Limits—And What Schools Should Do Now
On June 24, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stayed portions of the Department of Education’s narrowed definition of “professional degree” under ...
Beyond Regulation: Perfecting Your Team’s PJ Skills
It’s summer, first semester invoices have been sent, and now the real work begins. It’s common to receive an influx of appeals once students receive their ...
Leadership Strategies to Retain and Sustain Financial Aid Staff Through the OB3 WFTCA Storm
If we learned anything emerging from the pandemic, it is that during difficult and challenging times, financial aid professionals do not simply need appreciation; they need ...
Beyond Borrowing Limits – Preparing Financial Aid Offices for the New OB3 WFTCA Student Loan Reality Through Scenario-Based Advising
*Guidance from ED is changing rapidly. This blog contains valuable information, but content has also been updated by NASFAA in its June 30, 2026 post, "Following ...
SAP FAQs: Your Satisfactory Academic Progress Questions Answered
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is one of the more complicated standards for determining Title IV financial aid eligibility. One reason is that the standards are different ...
New RISE Rules: Prepare Your Campus
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law on July 4, 2025, severely curtailed federal loan availability for graduate and professional programs to ...
Unreasonable Hospitality and the Financial Aid Profession – Learning How Human Care Intersects with Best Practices for Our Profession
The financial aid profession is entering another period of significant transition. Legislative reforms connected to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to reshape important ...
Breakdown of the FAFSA Real-Time Detection Measures
Recently, the U.S. Department of Education announced a significant operational update to the 2026–27 FAFSA process with the rollout of new real-time identity fraud detection capabilities, ...
Coming This Summer to a Financial Aid Office Near You: Changes to R2T4 Requirements and Proration
There are two sets of regulatory changes coming this summer, Return to Title IV (R2T4) and Proration. If you haven’t considered how the changes will impact ...