Submitted by Parent and Former College Exec (not verified) on May 30, 2008 - 12:09pm.
As a parent who helped two children fill out college applications, loan applications, reviewed their financial aid packages, and observed closely (from the inside) how the financial aid industry works, I am not surprised that NASFAA is under fire in critical stories in The Chronicle, ads in the New York Times, and now by Higher Ed Watch. Thanks to Higher Ed Watch for writing what many of us have thought as we watched, time and again, NASFAA repeat factual untruths and the worst kind of rhetorical excesses while posturing as student advocates. A commenter on a previous post asked what NASFAA should do. Answer: return to the days when NASFAA truly put students and families first, stood up to lenders, consultants, and even to college presidents, when necessary to maintain integrity and a tradition of service which, unfortunately, is now slipping away.
What NASFAA Should Do
As a parent who helped two children fill out college applications, loan applications, reviewed their financial aid packages, and observed closely (from the inside) how the financial aid industry works, I am not surprised that NASFAA is under fire in critical stories in The Chronicle, ads in the New York Times, and now by Higher Ed Watch. Thanks to Higher Ed Watch for writing what many of us have thought as we watched, time and again, NASFAA repeat factual untruths and the worst kind of rhetorical excesses while posturing as student advocates. A commenter on a previous post asked what NASFAA should do. Answer: return to the days when NASFAA truly put students and families first, stood up to lenders, consultants, and even to college presidents, when necessary to maintain integrity and a tradition of service which, unfortunately, is now slipping away.