What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?

Your co-hosts covered some federal aid related items, along with a few updates on state aid, including:

• SAVE transition deadline approaching
• Federal government shutdown averted
• NASFAA commenting on accreditor-related items in an NPRM
• CSAC and their FAFSA/CADAA Implementation Workgroup formation
• The Annual Statewide Financial Aid Workshops - going on now!

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Other than a stray Ricola trying to take out Dennis today during the show, your co-hosts covered a bit of news, including:

• The CSAC 7th Annual College Affordability Summit
• A recent Off The Cuff episode from NASFAA discussing how you to put the FAO into campus-level discussions
• A CSAC Operations Memo regarding the 2026-2027 CalFresh notification process for eligible Cal Grant students

Our fun stuff?

• Practical Magic 2...

Your co-hosts covered a lot of news:

• AB 1534 awaiting the Governor's signature.
• 2025-2026 Pell Grant closeout coming soon!
• It's FISAP submission season!
• College Financial Health Tracker updates from the Hechinger Report.
• And so much more!

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Your co-hosts Dennis and Dana stayed away from the hard news and kept to:

• A plea for our Governor to sign AB 113
• Recommendations for fancy pens
• Film, TV, and music recommendations

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In today's episode, your co-hosts covered:

• NASFAA article on Congress averting a shutdown.
• Newsweek article about Senators demanding answers from MOHELA about false delinquency notices.
• Update on 2027-2028 FAFSA Beta testing.
• AB 1534 update.
• NASFAA's Developing Leaders Pipeline.

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In today's episode, Dennis and Dana crammed two episodes worth of material into one (due to this being the only episode for the week due to scheduling issues on Friday).   We talked about PSLF payment count issues, FAFSA beta testing, FAFSA reprocessing, and AB 1534 (Workforce Pell "guard rails" assembly bill). Movie picks - Coyote vs. Acme, Resident Evil, and The Social Reckoning.  TV picks - The Gentleman (Season 2), A ...

With Dennis hosting a solo show as Dana is out, our topics ranged wide this episode:

• Task management
• Books by Cal Newport
• Getting Things Done (book by David Allen)
• Music from Keb' Mo' and Anthony Hopkins and Dolly Parton (RIP)
• Movies and more from Tim Curry (RIP)
• I am Not a Robot (book by Joanna Stern)
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Dana is out today, so Dennis did a news-only solo show.  So much news!

• CNBC article about the SAVE program wind-down.
• FSA provides further guidance on FVT/GE data reporting.
• FSA publishes a new Electronic Announcement (GENERAL-26-50) about Public Status documentation.
• NASFAA article about ED reprocessing 7000 FAFSAs that skipped the real-time fraud screening process.
• NASFAA article about error on StudentAid.gov website re...

In today's episode, Dennis and Dana talked about Digital Detoxing and being present for friends and family.  For fun, they recommended: Watching CONAN O'BRIEN MUST GO on HBO Max. Watching TONY, coming to theaters this weekend. Listening to THE WOMACK SISTERS. Listening to JEFF GOLDBLUM (new album NIGHT BLOOMS).   And, although mentioned on this and our prior episode, Dennis and Dana will DONATE $100 to the CCCSFAAA Schola...

In today's episode, Dennis and Dana talked about:

• Possible federal Continuing Resolution to avoid a shutdown come September 30th.
• GAO report on ED not coordinating with loan servicers.
• Senate HELP Committee voted to advance a senate bill that would block ED from transferring some departmental functions to other agencies.
• AB 1534 (Workforce Pell guardrails) clears Senate Appropriations suspense file.
• Cal Grant September 2 de...

In today's episode, your co-hosts talked about their recent travels (for business-related reasons) to the Bay Area and to Sacramento-adjacent Rancho Cordova.   Music picks included new albums from De La Soul, Jon Batiste, and King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard.  Our TV/streaming pick was Ted Lasso, and Dennis suggested reading Neil Postman's book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (2...

In today's episode, Dennis and Dana cover a lot of news on the federal and state level:

• Updates on court actions around borrow defense claims.
• The first Workforce Pell Grant program approved (in Iowa!).
• ED's release of further guidance on Schedule of Reductions (SOR).
• GAO report on a lack of coordination between ED and loan services.
• FSA beginning beta testing for 2027-2028 FAFSA in August.
• And more!

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Due to scheduling issues, today's episode was recorded early, so if any hard-hitting financial aid news happened in the last 3 days, we missed it.   Otherwise, Dennis and Dana brought you another Get Your Life Together segment on managing your email archives.  Your Friday fun segment included discussions on Dana's binging on The Bear (FX TV), Dennis and his PBS watching (Lost LA), and some musical selections from Rahsaan ...

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana stick to the news, covering items about the SAVE program, the College Transparency Act, the dismantling of the Dept of Ed, and more.

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In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana started a new Friday segment, Get Your Life Together!  They talked about ways to take control of your email Inbox, use tags and folders, and how to work through some of the ideas of David Allen (author of Getting Things Done) and Cal Newport (author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and more).  The Fun Stuff segment closed out the show, with a discussion on episodic TV, ne...

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana covered a few news items, but talked mostly about planning for the spring 2027 CCCSFAAA conference, including ideas about sessions, keynote presenters, and theme (all coming together, soon enough).  AI was on our minds.   WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact...

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana covered only a few news items as there wasn't much that happened in the world of financial aid this week.  Beyond that, they talked about movies, music, and books - with teasers for future episodes where we can explore AI and other topics.   WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarb...

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana cover news relating to federal and state aid, and add a little about coffee choices in the LA Mission College FAO.   WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at wbcccsfaaa@gmail.com.  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in y...

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana wrapped up a hectic week with some reminders about spring cleaning (yes, in summer) in the financial aid office, and had some thoughts about THE ODYSSEY movie release.   WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at wbcccsfaaa@gmail.com.  Find all of our curren...