NASFAA's Off the Cuff Podcast

Hosted by NASFAA staff, this podcast offers an unscripted view of hot financial aid and higher education-related topics. The hosts discuss what's happening inside the Beltway to give you an insider's perspective.

OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Retroactive and Late Disbursements 04/09/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Borrower Defense Claims and FAFSA Preview Comments 04/02/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Some Professional Judgment Scenarios 03/26/2026

OTC Inside the Beltway: Unpacking New Student Aid Fraud Prevention Legislation 03/18/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Recapping the FSA Training Conference and More OBBBA Updates 03/12/2026

OTC Inside The Beltway: Pell Grant Shortfall Widens and the Draft 2027-28 FAFSA Opens for Public Comment 02/26/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Understanding Student Marital Status Changes 02/19/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Debriefing Data Analyses of OBBBA's New Accountability Metrics 02/12/2026

OTC Inside the Beltway: Funding Deal for ED Enacted and NASFAA's New OBBBA Resources 02/05/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Clock-Hour To Credit-Hour Conversion 01/29/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Tracking OBBBA’s Implementation Timeline 01/22/2026

OTC Inside the Beltway: Looking at the Year Ahead for Higher Ed 01/08/2026

OTC AskRegs Experts: Working Through Mid-Term Processing 12/18/2025

OTC Inside The Beltway: Previewing the AHEAD Committee 12/04/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Defining a ‘Professional Student’ and NASFAA’s Recent Public Comments 11/20/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: Continuing Resolution Reopens ED, 60th Anniversary for the HEA, and NegReg Reaches Consensus 11/13/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking Cost of Attendance 10/30/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Unpacking the RISE Neg Reg Committee 10/23/2025

OTC Inside The Beltway: Updates from the Government Shutdown 10/16/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Shutdown Interruptions and an Update on FWS Guidance 10/02/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: ED’s Proposed Regs for PSLF 09/25/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: September Deadlines Are Piling Up 09/18/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: Verification, Countdown to FAFSA Launch, and a NegReg Roadmap 09/11/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: Catching Up on August’s NegReg and Appropriations Headlines 08/21/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: SCOTUS Weighs in on ED’s RIF, Reconciliation Becomes Law and PSLF Goes to NegReg 07/17/2025

OTC Inside The Beltway: Unpacking the Senate's Reconciliation Bill 06/12/2025

OTC Inside The Beltway: Reconciliation Hits the Senate, McMahon Visits Congress, and the White House Budget Drops 06/06/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Summer Aid Processing 05/29/2025

OTC AskRegs Experts: Let’s Talk About Cohort Default Rates 05/15/2025

OTC Inside the Beltway: Reconciliation Takes Shape in the House and the White House ‘Skinny’ Budget 05/08/2025