If you were unable to attend NASFAA's Fall 2000 Workshop Series "Professional Judgment: It's Your Decision; Guiding Principles for Making Wise Decisions," you can now order the reference materials distributed at the sessions. A limited supply of the materials will be available for shipment beginning December 22, 2000.

The 1998 Reauthorization made statutory changes to student eligibility, cost of attendance, and needs analysis provisions. As such, the focus of the workshop series was on two topics: Professional Judgment and Expected Financial Assistance.

The Fall Workshop materials:

• provide a comprehensive review of the concept of professional judgment;
• examine some guiding principles for its use; and
• explore the impact of other financial assistance on student eligibility.

• Guiding principles for professional judgment
• Areas of financial aid administration to which professional judgment applies
• Dependency Status
• Data Elements under Federal and Institutional Methodology
• Cost of Attendance
• FFEL and Direct Loan Eligibility
• Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Importance of documentation
• Impact of alternative resources on student eligibility:
  • Tuition Waivers
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Third-Party Agency
  • Outside Scholarship
  • Stipends
  • VA Benefits and Americorps
  • Vocational Rehabiliation
  • Alternative Loans
  • Prepaid Tuition
  • Joint Training Partnership Act

The price for a set of fall training materials is $45 for Members and $90 for non-members.

The materials include examples of professional judgment decisions and demonstrate how to achieve the desired "bottom Line" result by adjusting data elements and student budgets.

You will receive a Participant's Guide containing:

• Mini-vugraphs
• Charts
• Case Studies

To order the Fall Training Workshop materials, please place your order online or return your order form with payment to the NASFAA office.

You may also fax your completed order form to 202-785-1487. If you have questions about your order, please e-mail your inquiry to pubs@nasfaa.org or call 202-785-6949.

Over 3500 copies of the workshop materials have been sold to date. Here is what some of our attendees have to say about their workshop experiences: