The Department of the Treasury, in its capacity as Chair of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, invites the public to comment on a proposed set of financial education core competencies. Comments are requested specifically on whether the…

The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) delivered a report to the Congress this month detailing the activities and status of loan repayment benefits awarded to federal employees. Loan repayment of federally-made, insured, or guaranteed stude…

“Low-income college students who rely on New Jersey’s popular Tuition Aid Grant program to help pay their tuition bills will see their aid checks slashed by nearly 8 percent as they return to campus for the new school year, state officials said,” the…

The COD Processing Update includes COD News, Reports and Data Requests, Resolved Issues, Resolved Issues In Clean Up, and Current Issues. A new edition of the COD Processing Update is posted on the COD website on business days when there is a change …

“The phones in Utah State University’s financial aid office weren’t made to handle times like these. With up to 1,000 calls coming in a day, the entire system has crashed a few times, according to Director Steve Sharp, who has never seen it this busy…

From 3:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. (ET) on Sunday, Aug. 29, the Department executed a maintenance activity that impacted several Department websites. The following websites were affected: CPS Web Applications Demo System; FAA Access to CPS Online (includ…

“A program designed to help Native American and other underrepresented K-12 students in their transition to post-secondary education has been renewed,” the Associated Press reports. “The South Dakota College Access Challenge program will provide $1.5…

“In an unusual way, some of the ideals of the Overlap Group may be returning — but in a significantly different form from the meetings of elite private colleges that ended after the Justice Department started an antitrust investigation into its prac…

“Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes,” the Dallas Mornin…

“[An interactive map by the Chronicle] connects raters to each of the measures they take into account. Notice how few measures are shared by two or more raters,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. “That indicates a lack of agreement among the…