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Monday, February 10, 2025 Federal Funding Freeze: What Happens Next? » Reading time: Three minutes The last few weeks have been full of breaking federal policy news. With new updates ev...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Student and Parent Data Should be Private; Chaos Only Hurts Access and Attainment » By Elizabeth Morgan, Chief External Relations Officer, and Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Readi...
Monday, January 27, 2025 Breaking Down Trump’s Executive Orders » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Nine minutes On day one of his administ...
Monday, January 27, 2025 What to Expect from Congressional Budget Reconciliation » Reading time: Four minutes The 119th Congress began on January 3rd, 2025. With a Republican majority in the House...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Three Lessons Learned at ASHE 2024 » Reading time: Three minutes The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) gathered academics, policy...
Friday, November 22, 2024 New Research: Short-Term Pell Didn’t Increase Employment, Earnings » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives, and Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Policy Associate Readi...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Linda McMahon: What Do We Know? » Reading time: Two minutes Photo courtesy of Reuters On Tuesday evening, news broke that Linda McMahon w...
Monday, November 4, 2024 What Will the Election Results Mean for Higher Education Policy? » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Last week, the National Co...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Strategies for Tackling College Student Food Insecurity » Reading time: Four minutes In an era where higher education is often seen as a pathway to success, a silent crisis...
Thursday, September 26, 2024 FAFSA Findings: GAO Reports Highlight Issues, ED White Paper Focuses Forward for 2025-26 » Reading time: Five minutes FAFSA, FAFSA, FAFSA. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for FAFSA, or the Free Applicatio...
Monday, September 9, 2024 New Report: Cost Remains the Largest Barrier to Higher Ed » Reading time: Nine minutes The majority of Americans believe in the value of higher education. But, in order to at...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Bipartisan Spending Bill » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes On August 1, the US Senat...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 NCAN Policy Team Reflects on an Eventful First Half of 2024 » Reading time: Three minutes Spring marks the start of an eventful season in the policy space, which was particular...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 The FAFSA Deadline Act Proposed in Congress » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: One minute The House Committee on Educa...
Friday, May 3, 2024 NCAN Submits FY 2025 Appropriations Requests for Federal Student Aid Programs » Reading time: Two minutes Appropriations season is in full swing in Washington, DC. Last week, the National Colleg...
Friday, April 12, 2024 “FAFSA Fail”: NCAN and Others Voice Frustrations, Identify Solutions at Congressional Hearing » Reading time: Three minutes The House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development convened on Wedne...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Designated Entities Issue Resolved, but Challenges Remain » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Yesterday, the US Departme...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Nurturing Connections: 10 Steps to Build a Relationship with an Elected Official Post-Hill Day » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Attending the National College...
Friday, March 22, 2024 Members and Students Convene in Washington, DC for #NCANHillDay » Reading time: Two minutes Nearly 100 National College Attainment Network (NCAN) members and the students they se...
Monday, March 11, 2024 NCAN and Partners Sponsor Roundtable to Address College Student Food Insecurity » Reading time: Four minutes On March 7, student, community, higher education, and workforce development leaders gat...
Friday, January 19, 2024 Federal Spending Update: Please Weigh In! » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes Congress passed a short-te...
Friday, December 8, 2023 You're Invited! NCAN 2024 Advocacy Training and Hill Day » By Louisa Woodhouse, Policy Associate Reading time: Two minutes The National College Attainment Network's (NCA...
Friday, October 27, 2023 New Federal Regulations Require Clearer Financial Aid Offers and Ban Most Transcript Withholding » By Anika Van Eaton, Vice President, Policy at uAspire Reading time: Four minutes The Biden-Harris Administrati...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 ED/DOJ Release Guidance Following SCOTUS Decisions Around Race-Based Admissions » Reading time: Four minutes As promised, the US Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights and the US D...
Friday, July 14, 2023 House Republicans Propose Huge Cuts to Education » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Read time: Two minutes Yesterday, the House Appropr...
Friday, June 30, 2023 SCOTUS Bars Student Loan Debt Relief & Biden Announces Plan B » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Today, the Supreme Court...
Friday, June 16, 2023 Federal Update: Dueling College Affordability Bills » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Another week has passed...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 The Debt Ceiling Deal and Its Impact on Higher Education » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes The White House and Spea...
Monday, May 1, 2023 NCAN Members and Students Convene in DC for Advocacy Training and Hill Day » By Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy, and Matthew Odom, Communications Manager Reading time: Two...
Monday, April 24, 2023 Recommendations for Addressing Food Insecurity Among College Students » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Five minutes NCAN submitted the foll...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 TPS Guidance Update: Effective Date Delayed, More Changes Coming » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes On Wednesday, April 12, t...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Biden Administration Set to Overhaul Federal Student Loan Repayment » By Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes At the start of the year...
Friday, January 27, 2023 Advocacy Training and Hill Day Return - In-Person! » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes We are thrilled to anno...
Friday, January 6, 2023 NCAN and NASFAA Request Confirmation on the Release Date for the Simplified FAFSA » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy and MorraLee Keller, Senior Director of Strategic Programming...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Education Wins in Congress’ Bipartisan Federal Funding Agreement: $500 Pell Grant Increase » By Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Four minutes Congress has reached agr...
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