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CSS Profile® CSS Profile is a common application for nonfederal financial aid. Used by hundreds of institutions, CSS Profile is easy to implement and delivers robust data schools need for equitable aid decisions. Now with a shorter application option, CSS Profile helps reduce barriers to higher education - making it easier for students to apply and for institutions to assess need effectively. Connect with us to see how CSS Profile can support your campus.

A new analysis from NASFAA’s Research Department finds the Department of Education (ED) experienced a net loss of nearly 1,900 employees between January and December 2025, including reductions in offices central to federal student aid and postsecondary policy. Federal Student Aid (FSA) declined by 689 employees during this period, while the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) lost 55 staff. Drawing on federal workforce data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the report examines how staffing levels, workforce composition, and departure patterns shifted across ED in 2025.

Head to NASFAA's Community Resource Library to see a newly submitted sample of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) repayment plan changes chart for students provided by your peers and to get ideas for your own forms. Do you have any documents, presentations, forms, or guides that your office uses to better navigate financial aid with students? It's not too late to send us your submissions. Thank you for helping support our community.

With educator preparation programs experiencing cuts to competitive grant programs and new restrictions on student loans, the TEACH Grant — a complex program that many institutions have not fully implemented — gains new importance. At this joint American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) webinar, on March 19 at 1 p.m. ET, learn about how this program works and how educator preparation programs and financial aid offices have collaborated to implement it successfully. Reserve your seat today!

NASFAA Certification Exam Preparation Online Workshops offer motivated financial aid professionals an opportunity to gain valuable insights into the knowledge exam. Led by experienced financial aid administrators who are certified FAACs, this facilitated virtual experience includes weekly online sessions that provide a high-level review of the 12 content areas covered on the exam. Weekly meetings begin in May, learn more and be sure to reserve your seat by May 11. 

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