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Deep Dive: ED Issues FAFSA Simplification Implementation Guidance for 2024-25 Award Year

NASFAA Jill Desjean August 9, 2023 On Friday, the Department of Education (ED) released implementation guidance and an updated FAQ document for the FAFSA simplification provisions that become effective in the 2024-25 award year. While the guidance largely repeats provisions of the law itself, it offers some operational details and clarifies some areas. It also details several new areas where financial […]

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Private California colleges admitted students who didn’t meet requirements

ED Source Mallika Seshadri August 7, 2023 Over the past four years, the University of Southern California, Pepperdine University and Vanguard University admitted students who had donor or alumni connections but failed to meet minimum admissions requirements, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. USC admitted eight students who did not meet admission requirements — including two who […]

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New Guidance Directs Accreditors to Clean Up Complaint Policies

Inside Higher Ed Katherine Knott August 9, 2023 In new guidance released Tuesday, the U.S. Education Department clarified how college accrediting agencies should handle complaints about institutions. The department wrote in the guidance that it would take into account a number of factors in determining whether the agencies review complaints in a “timely, fair and equitable” […]

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Federal Court Blocks Student Debt Forgiveness for Defrauded Borrowers

Best Colleges Matthew Arrojas August 8, 2023 The Biden administration’s borrower defense rule made it easier for former students to have their student loans forgiven. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has put it on hold pending appeal. The Department of Education’s new borrower defense rule took effect on July 1. That […]

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