Growing With Purpose: Brandi Blanton's Financial Aid Journey
This week on "Off the Cuff," Natalie is joined by Brandi Blanton, director of financial aid at Schreiber School of Veterinary Medicine of Ro...
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NASFAA's Off the Cuff Podcast
Hosted by NASFAA staff, this weekly podcast offers an unscripted view of hot financial aid and higher education-related topics. Justin Draeger and co-hosts will discuss what's happening insi...
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Making Sense of the New Cohort Default Rate
This week on "Off The Cuff," Maria is joined by Jill and Sarah to discuss the new cohort default rate (CDR) released by the Department of Ed...
Live From FSA, It's the 2027-28 FAFSA
This week on "Off The Cuff," Hugh is joined by Jill and Sarah to discuss the launch of the 2027-28 FAFSA and highlight some important develo...
Putting the Financial Aid Office at the Center of Institutional Conversations
This week on "Off the Cuff," Natalie is joined by Kerline Eglaus Ed.D, MBA, FAAC ® , assistant vice provost of financial initiatives & chief...
Summer Catch-Up: Funding, Repayment, FAFSA, and More
This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie and Karen catch listeners up on several financial aid developments from the summer. Karen kicks things...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Let's Play the NASFAA Quiz Show
This week on "Off the Cuff," David and Maria are joined by Kochie for a special episode to test your financial aid knowledge. First, David a...
OTC Inside The Beltway: Making Sense of OBBBA Lawsuits and the House's FY 2027 Budget Proposal
This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie is joined by Karen and Nalia to discuss the two active lawsuits against the Department of Education's (...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Comment Code 352 and Best Practices to Prevent Student Aid Fraud
This week on "Off the Cuff," Jill, Sarah, and Maria discuss questions regarding 2026-27 reprocessed ISIRs, and best practices for institutio...
OTC From The Field: Discussing NASFAA's PEP Work with Sheila Meiman
This week on "Off the Cuff," Allie is joined by Rachel and Sheila Meiman, NASFAA's prison education specialist, to discuss the landscape of...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Diving Into Schedule of Reductions (SOR)
This week on "Off the Cuff," Hugh is joined by David Tolman, David Futrell, and Norma to discuss more details concerning the implementation...
OTC AskRegs Experts: RISE Final Rules and the Latest on NSLDS Post-Screening
This week on "Off the Cuff," Hugh is joined by Jill and Sarah to provide some updates on where things stand with final rules from the negoti...
OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through OBBBA Guidance With Blue Icon
This week on "Off the Cuff," Melanie is joined by David Page, Blue Icon's senior business development specialist, Renee Armentrout, a Blue I...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding the New R2T4 Regulations
This week on "Off the Cuff," David Tolman and Maria are joined by Tonya and David Downing for a discussion on the new Return of Title IV fun...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Graduate PLUS Loans Will Now Count Toward New Lifetime Borrowing Limit and Other OBBBA Updates
This week on "Off the Cuff," Jill, Sarah, and Maria discuss the breaking news this week that, in a reversal of guidance, the Department of E...
OTC Inside the Beltway: Debriefing ED's New FAFSA Fraud Prevention Measures
This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie and Karen are joined by Aaron Lemon-Strauss, the Department of Education's (ED) FAFSA program executive...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Retroactive and Late Disbursements
This week on "Off the Cuff," David and Maria are joined by Norma and Tonya for a discussion on retroactive and late disbursements. First, th...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Borrower Defense Claims and FAFSA Preview Comments
This week on "Off the Cuff," Hugh and Sarah highlight some updates concerning borrower defense and preview comments for the 2027-28 FAFSA. S...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Some Professional Judgment Scenarios
This week on "Off the Cuff," Hugh and David kick off a broader discussion on what is and what isn't a professional judgment. Last week, Davi...
OTC Inside the Beltway: Unpacking New Student Aid Fraud Prevention Legislation
This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie and Karen discuss three new House bills focused on preventing fraud in the student aid programs, all of...
OTC AskRegs Experts: Recapping the FSA Training Conference and More OBBBA Updates
This week on "Off the Cuff," Hugh, Jill, and Sarah share some takeaways from last week's Federal Student Aid (FSA) training conference, wher...