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The New FAFSA: 9 Big Changes You Need to Understand in 2026February 3, 2026 - 5:01 pm
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Shifting Ground Part 4: The Compliance Crunch: When Regulation Meets RealityOctober 14, 2025 - 1:55 pm
The New FAFSA: 9 Big Changes You Need to Understand in 2026
FAFSA 2026: What Higher Education Leaders Need to Know- and Do- Now The FAFSA has changed again—but this time, the implications go far beyond the application itself. As the updated FAFSA moves fully into effect for the 2026 cycle, colleges and universities are navigating a new financial aid landscape shaped by simplified student processes, redesigned […]
HEA 60th Anniversary
“Happy Birthday, Higher Education Act – You Turn 60 this November!” If someone asked you what the birth date of our profession was, what would you say? I think the consensus would say it was Monday November 8, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA). The HEA opened college doors for […]
Shifting Ground Part 4: The Compliance Crunch: When Regulation Meets Reality
Why compliance is becoming higher education’s next existential challenge—and what leaders must do now. In the wake of sweeping federal restructuring and shifting financial aid economics, colleges and universities face a new and unrelenting pressure point: compliance. The higher education regulatory environment—already labyrinthine—is now entering a period of unprecedented fragmentation. The same federal policies meant […]