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NASFAA's Off the Cuff Podcast — 100 episodes

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Sorting Through Title IV Credit Balances

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Growing With Purpose: Brandi Blanton's Financial Aid Journey

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Making Sense of the New Cohort Default Rate

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Live From FSA, It's the 2027-28 FAFSA

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Putting the Financial Aid Office at the Center of Institutional Conversations

6

Summer Catch-Up: Funding, Repayment, FAFSA, and More

7

OTC AskRegs Experts: Let's Play the NASFAA Quiz Show

8

OTC Inside The Beltway: Making Sense of OBBBA Lawsuits and the House's FY 2027 Budget Proposal

9

OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Comment Code 352 and Best Practices to Prevent Student Aid Fraud

10

OTC From The Field: Discussing NASFAA's PEP Work with Sheila Meiman

11

OTC AskRegs Experts: Diving Into Schedule of Reductions (SOR)

12

OTC AskRegs Experts: RISE Final Rules and the Latest on NSLDS Post-Screening

13

OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through OBBBA Guidance With Blue Icon

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding the New R2T4 Regulations

15

OTC AskRegs Experts: Graduate PLUS Loans Will Now Count Toward New Lifetime Borrowing Limit and Other OBBBA Updates

16

OTC Inside the Beltway: Debriefing ED's New FAFSA Fraud Prevention Measures

17

OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Retroactive and Late Disbursements

18

OTC AskRegs Experts: Borrower Defense Claims and FAFSA Preview Comments

19

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Some Professional Judgment Scenarios

20

OTC Inside the Beltway: Unpacking New Student Aid Fraud Prevention Legislation

21

OTC AskRegs Experts: Recapping the FSA Training Conference and More OBBBA Updates

22

OTC Inside The Beltway: Pell Grant Shortfall Widens and the Draft 2027-28 FAFSA Opens for Public Comment

23

OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Student Marital Status Changes

24

OTC AskRegs Experts: Debriefing Data Analyses of OBBBA's New Accountability Metrics

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OTC Inside the Beltway: Funding Deal for ED Enacted and NASFAA's New OBBBA Resources

26

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Clock-Hour To Credit-Hour Conversion

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Tracking OBBBA's Implementation Timeline

28

OTC Inside the Beltway: Looking at the Year Ahead for Higher Ed

29

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Mid-Term Processing

30

OTC Inside The Beltway: Previewing the AHEAD Committee

31

OTC AskRegs Experts: Defining a 'Professional Student' and NASFAA's Recent Public Comments

32

OTC Inside the Beltway: Continuing Resolution Reopens ED, 60th Anniversary for the HEA, and NegReg Reaches Consensus

33

OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Cost of Attendance

34

OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking the RISE Neg Reg Committee

35

OTC Inside The Beltway: Updates from the Government Shutdown

36

OTC AskRegs Experts: Shutdown Interruptions and an Update on FWS Guidance

37

OTC AskRegs Experts: ED's Proposed Regs for PSLF

38

OTC Inside the Beltway: September Deadlines Are Piling Up

39

OTC Inside the Beltway: Verification, Countdown to FAFSA Launch, and a NegReg Roadmap

40

OTC Inside the Beltway: Catching Up on August's NegReg and Appropriations Headlines

41

OTC Inside the Beltway: SCOTUS Weighs in on ED's RIF, Reconciliation Becomes Law and PSLF Goes to NegReg

42

OTC Inside The Beltway: Unpacking the Senate's Reconciliation Bill

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Reconciliation Hits the Senate, McMahon Visits Congress, and the White House Budget Drops

44

OTC AskRegs Experts: Summer Aid Processing

45

OTC AskRegs Experts: Let's Talk About Cohort Default Rates

46

OTC Inside the Beltway: Reconciliation Takes Shape in the House and the White House 'Skinny' Budget

47

OTC From the Field: Getting to Know NASFAA's New President and CEO Melanie Storey

48

OTC Inside the Beltway: Collections Set to Resume on Defaulted Federal Student Loans, A New NegReg, Lawsuits and More

49

OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Late Disbursements and Unofficial Withdrawals

59

OTC AskRegs Experts: NASFAA's 2026-27 FAFSA Comments and Updated R2T4 Decision Trees

60

OTC Inside the Beltway: All Things New - Executive Orders, Melanie Storey, PSLF and IDR Updates

61

OTC AskRegs Experts: Diving Into Consumer Information

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OTC Inside the Beltway: Mass Layoffs at ED, Chances of a Shutdown, and the PSLF Executive Order

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Federal Tax Information and More FAFSA Guidance

64

OTC Inside The Beltway: Unpacking ED's DEI Dear Colleague Letter, SAVE Plan Updates, and Batch Corrections Functionality

65

OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through the Trump Administration's Latest Effort to Dismantle Education Department

66

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through SAP Blind Spots

67

OTC AskRegs Experts: Updated Timelines for NSLDS, Batch Corrections, GE & FVT

68

OTC From the Field: Under Secretary James Kvaal Discusses ED's Priorities During the Biden-Era

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OTC From the Field: A Conversation with ED's 2025-26 FAFSA Executive Advisor Jeremy Singer

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Recapping the FSA Virtual Training Conference and Potential Paths of Biden-Era Regulations Under a Trump Administration

71

OTC AskRegs Experts: Diving into Common Questions Found on NASFAA U

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Updates on GE & FVT Reporting

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OTC Inside The Beltway: 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA Updates and the 2024 Election

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Updates on 2024-25 Paper FAFSA Processing, Conflicting Information, and Known Issues

75

OTC AskRegs Experts: Jay Treaty Updates and Resources for Institutions Impacted by Natural Disasters

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Beta Testing Begins for the 2025-26 FAFSA

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OTC AskRegs Experts: What Makes Professional Judgement So Special?

78

OTC AskRegs Experts: Where Things Stand with SAVE and IDR

79

OTC Inside the Beltway: A FAFSA Roadmap and Reporting Deadlines

80

OTC Inside the Beltway: Debriefing on Batch Corrections

81

OTC Inside the Beltway: The Latest on GE & FVT Regulations, SCOTUS' Regulatory Shakeup, and FAFSA Timelines

82

OTC Inside The Beltway: Justin Signs Off

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OTC AskRegs Experts: Preparing for New Regulations Effective on July 1, 2024

84

OTC Inside the Beltway: 300 Episodes Later

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OTC AskRegs Experts: The Good, the Bad, and the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure of School Corrections

86

OTC Inside the Beltway: Cardona Faces More FAFSA Questions on the Hill

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OTC Inside the Beltway: Debriefing the Temporary FAFSA Filing Fix for Mixed-Status Families and Cardona's Senate Hearing

88

OTC Inside The Beltway: New Changes at NASFAA

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OTC Inside The Beltway: More FAFSA Updates and Biden's Proposed Student Debt Relief Plan

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OTC Inside The Beltway: NASFAA Testifies on 2024-25 FAFSA Rollout

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Unpacking the FAFSA Tax Data Issues

92

OTC Inside the Beltway: A Big Year for Delays

93

OTC Inside the Beltway: Storm Clouds on the FAFSA Summit as ISIR Rollout Begins

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Keeping Track of ED's Updated FAFSA Timeline

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Making Sense of The SAI Formula Update and Latest Federal Budget Negotiations

96

OTC From the Field: Let's Dig Through Some FAFSA Data

97

OTC Inside The Beltway: Debriefing the NASFAA Leadership Conference and ED's FAFSA College Support Strategy

98

OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through the ISIR Delivery Delay

99

OTC Inside the Beltway: Making Sense of the 2024-25 FAFSA Timeline

100

OTC AskRegs Experts: Are We Still Having Fun With FAFSA?