February 2, 2012President Presents Plan for College Affordability; Developments in Financial Aid Award Letter Standardization; Department Collects Promising Practices for Increasing Completion; Hearing on Innovations in College Affordability Held January 26, 2012Take Action to Support School Counselors; FAFSA Completion Project Expanded; Senator Introduces Bill to Protect Veterans from Aggressive Recruiting; President Obama Lays Out Education Priorities in State of the Union Address January 19, 2012Department of Education Releases Updated Expected Family Contribution Formula Guide; Comparison of Three Types of Default Rate Published; Department of Education Seeks Comments on Draft Strategic Plan January 12, 2012Major Developments in the Reauthorization of ESEA; CFPB Director Appointed; Appropriations Act Conference Report Highlights Importance of School Climate; Legislation Introduced to Support School Counselors in Low-Income Schools December 15, 2011Amanda's Final News Break; FY 2012 Negotiations Protect Maximum Pell Grant December 8, 2011Federal Departments Issue New Guidance on the Use of Race in Admission; CFPB Director Position Remains Unfilled December 1, 2011Executive and Legislative Discussions on College Costs; Education Funding: FY 2012 and Failure of the SuperCommittee; Senators Propose Student Protections for Veterans
November 17, 2011NACAC Notes Critical Role of School Counselors in Letter to Congressional Leaders; Federal Agency Seeks Comments on Private Student Loans
November 10, 2011Federal Agency Requests NACAC Members' Input; U.S. Department of Education Urges Protection Aainst Fraud
October 27, 2011Save Student Aid Petition; President Obama Provides Student Loan Relief; Federal Bureau Releases Model Financial Aid Information Form
October 20, 2011Senate Committee Begins Consideration of ESEA Rewrite; American Jobs Act Defeated in Senate; Secretary Duncan Announces Winners of School Counseling Grants
October 13, 2011NACAC Participates in U.S. Department of Education Process for Model Aid Award Letters; ESEA Reauthorization Legislation Introduced in Senate
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