Major news affected student financial aid can be found in the
History of Student Financial Aid
timeline.
The following are the major news publications and policy newsletters for
higher education and student financial aid.
Newspapers
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the newspaper of record
for higher education news.
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed is an online higher education newspaper
founded in 2004 by a few former editors of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Magazines
College Board Review
College Board Review
is published by
the College Board.
It focuses on expository articles and opinion concerning secondary and
higher education, with topics including financial aid, counseling,
education testing, affirmative action, and access to higher education.
Greentree Gazette
The Greentree Gazette focuses on business news and issues
affecting higher education. They cover many topics of interest to
student financial aid administrators, including management, security,
student aid and student loans.
Student Aid Transcript
Student Aid Transcript is published by the
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
to provide news, views and insights that contribute to the professional
development of the NASFAA membership.
University Business
University Business reports on topics relating
to college and university management, including financial aid.
Newsletters
Student Aid News (news)
Student Aid News
is published monthly by
LRP Publications. It includes news
and information of interest to financial aid administrators, such as
information about legislation and federal regulations that affect
student financial aid. It also summarizes court cases that are
relevant to student aid. For more information, call 1-800-341-7874.
Enrollment Management Review
Enrollment Management Review is published by the College Board four
times per year. It provides concise summaries and discussion of
professional literature and research concerning college admissions,
financial aid and other enrollment management topics.
It is edited by Don Hossler of the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning.
Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY (public policy)
OPPORTUNITY is a monthly research letter that examines data on opportunity for postsecondary education and training. It also discusses the ways public policy intervenes to foster or impede student enrollment decisions regarding preparation for, access to, choice among, persistence within and attainment of postsecondary education. Each issue of the letter examines an enrollment issue, a policy issue and a context issue.
Most subscribers are professionals with institutional roles in administration, college admissions, financial aid, outreach or institutional research. In addition, most state coordinating boards and student financial aid programs subscribe, as do national organizations and foundations playing roles in fostering opportunities for postsecondary education and training.
Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY is edited and published by Thomas
G. Mortenson, a higher education policy analyst
and senior scholar at the
Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.
Annual subscriptions (12 issues) are $160 (online) or $174 (print + online).
A free sample issue is available on request.
For more information, call 1-641-673-3401, fax 1-641-673-3411, or
write to Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY, PO Box 415, Oskaloosa,
IA 52577-0415.
Journals
College & University (C&U)
College & University is a higher education policy and research journal
published by the
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).
Emerging Issues in Higher Education
Emerging Issues in Higher Education is the latest manifestation of a
periodic publication by the
Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE)
that analyzes recent higher education legislation, regulations and
subregulatory guidance.
Topics include financial aid, civil rights, privacy and information
security, business and tax, and occasional timely and topical issues
in other areas of higher education law and policy.
The online publication is available for free to CLHE members.
CLHE also publishes a
free weekly/biweekly memo
that includes financial aid information.
For more information,
call 1-561-622-5765, fax 1-561-624-9198,
send email to
info@clhe.org,
or write to
Council on Law in Higher Education,
111 Coconut Key Court,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418.
Journal of Student Financial Aid
The Journal of Student Financial Aid is published by the
National Association of Student Financial Aid (NASFAA).
It focuses on presenting articles that report on original research
relating to student financial aid or which discuss student aid policy.
Blogs - Opinion
The following blogs are updated frequently with original content and
represent a variety of viewpoints, sometimes provocative. The
opinions expressed in these blogs are not necessarily those of the
FinAid site.
Higher Education Watch
Higher Ed Watch is a news analysis and commentary blog published by
the New America Foundation, a
public policy institute.
Higher Ed Watch is also noteworthy for its investigative journalism
that has broken several major stories affecting higher education, such
as the student loan conflict of interest scandal.
Daniel Barkowitz
A financial aid blog by Daniel Barkowitz, Director of Student
Financial Aid and Student Employment at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT).
Education Translation (Nelnet)
Education Translation is a blog by Michael S. Dunlap, Chairman and CEO
of Nelnet, an education lender.
Miscellaneous
Higher Education and Personal Finance Reporter Roundtable
Mark Kantrowitz moderated a
Higher Education and Personal Finance Reporter Roundtable at the
NASFAA conference on July 10, 2007. Featured were Sandra Block of USA
Today and Jeff Selingo of the Chronicle of Higher Education. An
online video of the roundtable is available on the Nelnet web site.