052 What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA? 2021-01-05 - New Year, New News

<p>Getting back into the swing of things, Dana and Dennis covered a number of news items:</p> <ul><li>An <a href='https://www.forbes.com/sites/markkantrowitz/2020/12/22/pandemic-relief-package-simplifies-fafsa/?sh=505f915a1966'>article by Mark Kantrowitz in Forbes</a> regarding the FAFSA Simplification Act which was passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.  Lots of changes coming to the world of federal financial aid.</li> <li>NASFAA's <a href='https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/13859/NASFAA_s_12_Tools_of_Compliance'>Twelve Tools of Compliance</a>.</li> <li>NASFAA's <a href='https://www.nasfaa.org/knowledge_exam'>Financial Aid Administrator Certification testing</a> window opens Tuesday, January 6th.</li> <li>Another <a href='https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2020/12/11/heres-what-the-highest-earning-college-graduates-studied/?sh=20000bbb7bd0'>Forbes article</a> about the highest earning college graduates and their fields of study.</li> <li>An <a href='https://fee.org/articles/how-government-broke-the-higher-education-model?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=2020_FEEDotOrg'>article</a> titled "How Big Government broke higher education: The student loan bubble, explained" on the Foundation for Economic Education website. </li> </ul> <p>Dennis provided an update on the 2021 conference (emails going out soon!), and on the 2021-2022 election cycle for the association.</p> <p>Dennis closed out the show with an "I Dare You To Listen" selection of the Grateful Dead.  Dennis isn't a Dead-Head, but he received a 2-CD "Best of" album from his Secret Santa.</p> <p> </p> <p>Find out more about CCCSFAAA at <a href='http://www.cccsfaaa.org/'>cccsfaaa.org</a>.</p> <p>Follow CCCSFAAA on Twitter at <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CCCSFinaidAssoc'>@CCCSFinaidAssoc</a>.</p> <p>Find this and future WBC podcast episodes at <a href='https://wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com/'>What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA (WBC) podcasts</a>.  Find us also in <a href='https://podcasts.google.com/search/cccsfaaa'>