Student Financial Services News
- VA Plans No Changes to Refund Policy
(December 17, 2012)
- DoD Releases Revised MOU for Institutions Participating in TA Program
(December 14, 2012)
- VA Incorrectly Sending Debts to Treasury Department for Collection
(December 14, 2012)
- NACUBO Offers Debit Card Best Practices
(December 14, 2012)
- Benefits of American Opportunity Tax Credit Set to Expire
(November 29, 2012)
- ED Confirms Bookstore Arrangements
(November 28, 2012)
- ED Finalizes Rules on Disability Discharges and Pay as You Earn
(November 16, 2012)
- College Board Publications Report Average Net Price Increase at Public and Private Four-year Institutions
(November 2, 2012)
- NACUBO 2012 Student Financial Services Report Now Available
(November 1, 2012)
- ED Updates Military and Emergency Waivers
(October 9, 2012)
- ED Announces Student Loan Default Rates
(October 1, 2012)
- ED: Updated Waivers and Modifications of Statutory and Regulatory Provisions Governing Federal Student Aid Programs
(September 27, 2012)
- Court Battle over Gainful Employment Continues
(September 10, 2012)
- ED Provides Q&As on State Authorization
(August 8, 2012)
- Financial Aid Shopping Sheet Unveiled
(July 25, 2012)
- Maximum Benefit Increases for Post-9/11 GI Bill
(July 25, 2012)
- ED Proposes Changes to Loan Rules
(July 25, 2012)
- Additional Guidance Provided on Principles of Excellence
(July 13, 2012)
- Transportation Bill Includes Student Loan Interest Rate Fix
(June 29, 2012)
- Court Strikes Down Gainful Employment Rules
(June 28, 2012)
- Ruling on State Authorization Regulations Upheld
(June 28, 2012)
- 2012 College Cost Watch Lists Published
(June 14, 2012)
- Banks and Servicers Asked for Campus Card Contracts, Terms
(June 13, 2012)
- VA Principles of Excellence Request Raises Concerns
(June 4, 2012)
- Draft State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement Released
(May 17, 2012)
- ED Provides Guidance on Title IV Third-Party Servicers
(May 16, 2012)
- ED Opens New Rulemaking Effort
(May 2, 2012)
- Yellow Ribbon Program Agreements Due to VA by May 15
(April 20, 2012)
- Final Rules Issued on Student Health Insurance
(March 26, 2012)
- VA Consolidates Procedures for Processing Return Payments
(January 3, 2012)
- ED Moving to Two-Factor Authentication
(December 16, 2011)
- Letter Asks for Delay for DoD MOU
(November 29, 2011)
- CFPB Seeks Information on Private Education Loans
(November 17, 2011)
- Institutions Invited to Experiment with Financial Aid
(November 1, 2011)
- ED Issues Urgent Call for Action on Fraud
(October 21, 2011)
- DoD Posts Clarification of MOU Provisions
(October 21, 2011)
- ED Releases Financial Responsibility Scores
(October 21, 2011)
- Distance Education Fraud Rings Investigated
(October 11, 2011)
- ED Proposes Changes to Rules for New Gainful Employment Programs
(October 10, 2011)
- ED Explains Changes to Direct Loan Program
(September 8, 2011)
- New Law Eases Impact of GI Bill Changes on Some Veterans
(August 10, 2011)
- Reporting Date for Gainful Employment Data Extended
(August 10, 2011)
- ED Provides Additional Guidance on R2T4 Changes
(July 28, 2011)
- Court Rejects ED Rule on Distance Education
(July 15, 2011)
- ED Helps Institutions Determine Gainful Employment Programs
(June 27, 2011)
- ED: Gainful Employment Debt Measures Final Rules
(June 13, 2011)
- Controversial Gainful Employment Regulations Finalized
(June 13, 2011)
- GAO Examines GI Bill Implementation
(May 6, 2011)
- ED to Hold Hearings on Streamlining Regulations
(May 6, 2011)
- ED Provides Guidance for End of Year-Round Pell
(May 4, 2011)
- ED Provides Further Guidance on Gainful Employment
(April 26, 2011)
- ED Delays Enforcement of State Authorization Regulations
(April 25, 2011)
- NACUBO Launches 2011 Student Financial Services Survey
(April 5, 2011)
- Campus Cards May Trigger New 1099-K Reporting Requirement
(March 28, 2011)
- VA Solicits Participation in Yellow Ribbon Program
(March 24, 2011)
- ED Provides Clarification on the Definition of a Credit Hour
(March 24, 2011)
- Report Critiques Net Price Calculators
(March 23, 2011)
- Study Shows Many Student Loan Borrowers Have Difficulty Repaying
(March 23, 2011)
- House Education Subcommittee Holds Hearings on State Authorization; Definition of a Credit Hour
(March 11, 2011)
- ED Clarifies Status of Perkins Loan Program
(February 23, 2011)
- ED Releases Trial Three-Year Default Rates
(February 10, 2011)
- Pell Awards Uncertain for Next Year
(February 8, 2011)
- Enforcement of Red Flags Rule Begins
(January 26, 2011)
- GI Bill Changes Await President’s Signature
(January 3, 2011)
- ED Conference Videos Available
(January 3, 2011)
- Fed: Debit Card Interchange Fees Proposed Rules
(December 28, 2010)
- ED Invites Applications for Strengthening Institutions and Minority Programs
(December 16, 2010)
- Disregard Recent VA Debt Notices
(November 22, 2010)
- ED Finalizes Program Integrity Rules
(November 5, 2010)
- ED Announces Final Rules for Title IV Funds at Foreign Institutions
(November 3, 2010)
- ED Publishes Webinar Recordings to Assist Foreign Schools’ Transition to Direct Lending
(November 3, 2010)
- ED: Foreign Institutions Participating in Federal Student Aid Final Rule
(November 1, 2010)
- Federal Student Loan Default Rates Highest Since 1997
(September 17, 2010)
- VA Releases New State Maximums for Post-9/11 GI Bill
(September 9, 2010)
- IRS: Information Reporting for Payment Card Transactions Final Rule
(August 16, 2010)
- New ED Appointments Confirmed
(August 12, 2010)
- Senate VA Committee Passes Amendments to Post 9/11 GI Bill
(August 11, 2010)
- GAO Report Finds For-profit Institutions Employing Questionable Marketing Practices and Encouraging Fraudulent Activity
(August 11, 2010)
- ED Proposes Gainful Employment Rules
(August 3, 2010)
- ED Proposes New Title IV Rules for Foreign Institutions
(August 2, 2010)
- ED: Financial Aid Proposed Rules for Foreign Institutions
(July 20, 2010)
- Spotlight Focuses on For-Profit Sector
(July 1, 2010)
- ED Proposes Changes to Program Integrity Rules
(June 21, 2010)
- Timing of Final FFEL Loan Disbursements Addressed
(June 17, 2010)
- ED Letter Outlines HEOA Textbook Provisions
(June 15, 2010)
- Need Help with Direct Loans?
(April 21, 2010)
- New Tuition Discounting Study Shows All-Time High Discount Rates and Net Revenue Losses
(March 31, 2010)
- SAFRA Mandates Switch to Direct Lending
(March 25, 2010)
- Yellow Ribbon Program –Deadline Approaching
(March 25, 2010)
- ED: Proposed Rules on Federal TRIO and GEARUP Programs
(March 23, 2010)
- ED to Offer Direct Loan Webinars for Business Officers
(March 9, 2010)
- Accounting Change May Impact Financial Responsibility Scores
(March 1, 2010)
- Private Loan Self-Certification Form Released
(February 15, 2010)
- ED Program Integrity Negotiations End Without Agreement
(February 10, 2010)
- New Cost Return Calculator Helps Institutions Measure Costs and Benefits of Student Retention Programs
(January 13, 2010)
- TILA Compliance Checklist Available
(December 21, 2009)
- Education Included in Consolidated Appropriations Bill
(December 21, 2009)
- ED Provides First Look at New Default Rates
(December 18, 2009)
- Health Care Reform Complicates Student Loan Legislation
(December 4, 2009)
- HEOA Checklist for Business Officers Available
(December 1, 2009)
- IRS: Information Reporting for Payment Card Transactions Proposed Rule
(November 24, 2009)
- ED: TEACH and SMART Grants Final Rule
(November 23, 2009)
- ED Releases Net Price Calculator Template
(November 18, 2009)
- Few Changes Made to Final HEOA Rules
(November 9, 2009)
- Applications for Admission and Financial Aid Both Increase
(October 30, 2009)
- ED: Final Rule on Loan Programs for Lenders and Guaranty Agencies
(October 29, 2009)
- ED: Final Rule on General and Non-Loan Programs
(October 29, 2009)
- ED: Final Rules on Student Loan Programs—Institutional Issues
(October 28, 2009)
- ED: Final Rule on Institutional Eligibility and Accrediting Agencies
(October 27, 2009)
- NCES Publishes Guide to Required HEA Information Disclosures
(October 23, 2009)
- College Board Reports Tuition Increases and More Financial Aid
(October 23, 2009)
- VA Explains Benefits Backlog
(October 23, 2009)
- 2008 Student Financial Services Benchmarking Report Available
(October 20, 2009)
- House Passes Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
(September 23, 2009)
- ED Announces New Negotiated Rulemaking Effort
(September 10, 2009)
- ED Letter Addresses Minor Prior-Year Charges
(September 9, 2009)
- ED: Negotiated Rulemaking on Foreign Schools and Program Integrity
(September 9, 2009)
- Receipt of a Pell Grant is Associated with a Shorter Time to Degree
(August 26, 2009)
- ED: General and non-Loan Programmatic Issues
(August 21, 2009)
- ED Releases NPRM on General and Non Loan Issues
(August 21, 2009)
- Final Rules Governing Private Education Loans Issued
(August 17, 2009)
- Federal Reserve: TILA Private Education Loan Final Rules
(August 14, 2009)
- New International ACH Rules Take Effect September 18
(August 13, 2009)
- ED Proposes Changes to Accreditation Rules
(August 7, 2009)
- ED Proposes Changes to Loan Programs, Part 2
(July 29, 2009)
- ED: Proposed Rules on Student Loans—Institutional Issues
(July 28, 2009)
- VA to Release Updated State Maximums for Post-9/11 GI Bill
(July 28, 2009)
- ED: Proposed Rules on Student Loans
(July 23, 2009)
- ED Proposes Changes to Loan Programs, Part 1
(July 23, 2009)
- Moving to the Direct Loan Program
(July 23, 2009)
- NACUBO Urges Review of Financial Responsibility Standards
(July 14, 2009)
- ED: Correction to May 1 ACG/SMART Regulation
(June 30, 2009)
- ED Announces Additional Negotiated Rulemaking Effort
(June 4, 2009)
- ED: Establishment of Negotiated Rulemaking Committees
(May 26, 2009)
- ED: ACG and Smart Grant Revised Rules
(May 1, 2009)
- Americans Increasingly View Higher Education as Out of Reach
(April 26, 2009)
- About Two-Thirds of Undergraduates Receive Financial Aid, New Federal Report Reveals
(April 23, 2009)
- VA Issues Final Rules for Post-9/11 GI Bill
(April 9, 2009)
- Post 9/11 GI Bill Final Rule
(March 30, 2009)
- Rules for Private Loans Proposed
(March 26, 2009)
- Rules for Private Loans Proposed
(March 26, 2009)
- Public Institutions Should Categorize Pell Grants As Non-operating in IPEDS
(February 26, 2009)
- VA Seeks Estimate of Participation in Yellow Ribbon Program
(January 29, 2009)
- New Study Finds That Tuition is Covering a Greater Share of Total Educational Cost
(January 29, 2009)
- ED Seeks Nominations for Negotiated Rulemaking
(January 7, 2009)
- ED Seeks Nominations for Negotiated Rulemaking
(January 6, 2009)
- Post-9/11 GI Bill Proposed Rules
(December 23, 2008)
- Pell Grants "Natural Experiment" Found to Increases Low-Income Students’ College-Going Rates
(December 18, 2008)
- ACE Announces Veterans Education Initiative
(November 20, 2008)
- ED Issues Rules on Loan Programs
(October 23, 2008)
- VA Working on Implementation of New GI Bill
(October 8, 2008)
- Student Loan Default Rate Rises Slightly
(October 8, 2008)
- Reporting Requirements Abound in HEOA
(September 24, 2008)
- Reporting Reqirements Abound in HEOA
(September 24, 2008)
- Loan Provisions Permeate Higher Education Opportunity Act
(September 10, 2008)
- Loan Provisions Permeate Higher Education Opportunity Act
(September 10, 2008)
- New GI Bill Will Increase Funding for Veterans' Education
(September 1, 2008)
- Paying for College - Sallie Mae/Gallup Survey Results Released
(August 20, 2008)
- Higher Education Act Addresses College Costs
(August 11, 2008)
- Plans to Ensure Access to Federal Loans Set
(July 7, 2008)
- Plans to Ensure Access to Federal Loans Set
(July 7, 2008)
- Proposed Rules: Perkins, FFEL, and Direct Loan Programs
(July 1, 2008)
- Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP)
(July 1, 2008)
- Final Rules: The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Programule
(June 23, 2008)
- Revisions to Cash Management Regulations Take Effect July 1
(June 17, 2008)
- ED Addresses Perkins Shortfalls
(May 28, 2008)
- Student Loans and the Credit Crunch
(May 22, 2008)
- ED Lays Out Process for Lender of Last Resort Program
(May 15, 2008)
- ED Clarifies Rules on Preferred Lender Lists
(May 14, 2008)
- House Passes HEA Reauthorization Bill
(February 20, 2008)
- ED Moves to Implement the College Cost Reduction and Access Act
(January 22, 2008)
- GAO Examines Trends in Tuition and Enrollment
(January 8, 2008)
- Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; Final Rule
(November 1, 2007)
- Federal Student Aid Programs
(November 1, 2007)
- Academic Competitiveness Grant Program and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant Program
(October 29, 2007)
- Loan Discharges for 9/11 Victims
(October 5, 2007)
- Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
(September 28, 2007)
- Two Years After Katrina: Federal Support Still Inadequate
(September 4, 2007)
- Changes to Disbursement and Cash Management Rules Proposed by ED
(August 9, 2007)
- Federal Student Aid Programs Proposed Rule
(August 8, 2007)
- Academic Competitiveness Grant Program and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant Program
(August 7, 2007)
- States Increase Student Aid Spending at Slower Rate
(July 24, 2007)
- Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; Proposed Rule
(June 12, 2007)
- House Passes Student Loan Sunshine Act
(May 15, 2007)
- Federal Loan Programs
(December 28, 2006)
- State Appropriations Rise Again in Fiscal 2007
(December 19, 2006)
- Federal Student Aid Programs
(November 1, 2006)
- Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Programs
(November 1, 2006)
- Congress Extends HEA Before Leaving for Elections
(October 4, 2006)
- Default Rates Rise Slightly
(September 19, 2006)
- ED Initiates Rulemaking Process
(August 23, 2006)
- ED Issues Interim Final Regulations for Student Aid Programs
(August 18, 2006)
- Title IV Negotiated Rulemaking
(August 18, 2006)
- Federal Student Aid Programs
(August 9, 2006)
- Majority of 1992-93 College Graduates Paid Off Undergraduate Loan Debt Within 10 Years
(July 24, 2006)
- New Perkins Promissory Note Released
(June 28, 2006)
- States Increase Spending on Student Financial Aid
(May 30, 2006)
- House Passes College Access and Opportunity Act
(April 5, 2006)
- Department of Education Offers Loan Program Guidance
(March 16, 2006)
- Department of Education Offers Fiscal Officer Training
(February 2, 2006)
- Guidance Issued on Title IV Aid for Gulf Coast Students
(December 14, 2005)
- Growth in Net Price Exceeds Inflation
(December 1, 2005)
- Tuition and Fee Charges Increase at Slower Rate; Institutional Expenses Continue to Rise
(October 21, 2005)
- Loan Borrowing Continues to Outpace Grants
(October 21, 2005)
- Meeting Credit Card Security Requirements
(May 11, 2005)
- Guidance Issued on "Late" Late Disbursements of Title IV Aid
(April 21, 2005)
- Foreign Student Enrollment at U.S. Universities Continues to Dip
(November 17, 2004)
- Check21 Takes Effect
(November 4, 2004)
- Half of All Undergraduate Students Don't Apply for Aid
(October 19, 2004)
- Tuition Increases Slow According to College Board
(October 19, 2004)
- Tuition Burden Falls at Public Universities
(June 29, 2004)
- eZ- Audit System Ready for Annual Submissions
(March 24, 2004)
- eZ- Audit System Back Online by Mid-March
(March 10, 2004)
- Guidance Available on Return of Title IV Funds
(February 25, 2004)
- Guidance Available on Return of Title IV Aid
(February 25, 2004)
- Deadline Approaching for SEVIS Preliminary-Enrollment Institutions
(January 15, 2004)
- Agencies Establish New Procedures for SSNs for Foreign Students
(January 15, 2004)
- eZ-Audit Submissions Suspended
(December 12, 2003)
- Data Show Large Jumps
(October 23, 2003)
- New Cost Measure Proposed by NCES; Comments Due December 1
(October 23, 2003)
- GASB Clarifies Perkins Loan Accounting Guidance
(October 22, 2003)
- ED Reporting Deadlines Approaching
(September 25, 2003)
- ED to Improve eZ-Audit
(September 25, 2003)
- ED Revises Perkins Loan Assignment Process
(August 14, 2003)
- ED Approves New Perkins Master Promissory Note
(August 14, 2003)
- ED Announces Fall Reporting Schedule
(August 14, 2003)
- Request for Comments on eZ-Audit
(July 2, 2003)
- IPEDS Reporting Down in 2002-03; Fines Threatened for More than 400 Title IV Institutions.
(June 18, 2003)
- NCES Reports on Condition of U.S. Education
(June 3, 2003)
- Two Recent Reports Examine Tuition Discounting
(May 23, 2003)
- Questions Raised About the Department of Education's eZ-Audit
(April 10, 2003)
- ED Relief for Active Duty Military
(March 27, 2003)
- Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note
(February 13, 2003)
- Prepaid Tuition Plan for Independent Colleges Approved
(February 13, 2003)
- ED Launches eZ-Audit
(January 30, 2003)
- Student Borrowing Increases and Graduation Taking Longer
(January 16, 2003)
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