Department of Education Update (Breakfast Closing General Session, Wednesday July 15)

Department of Education Interest Session Handouts

• Direct Loan Servicing - Working with Schools

• Title IV Student Loans Update

• Title IV Grant Program Update

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Income-Based Repayment

• Moving from FFEL to Direct Loans

• A Modernized and Expanded Perkins Loan Program

• Application Processing System Update

• Simplifying the Financial Aid Application Process

• Experimental Sites: A New Beginning

• NSLDS Enhancements & Scenarios for the FAO

• Simplifying the Financial Aid Application Process (July 13)

• New Consumer Disclosure Responsibilities of Institutions

• TEACH Grant Program

• Federal Methodology

• Transitioning to DL? Newbies Unite

Department of Veterans Affairs Handouts

• GI Bill Educational Assistance

Interest Session Presentations

• An Overview of IPEDS, New Financial Aid Data, and the New IPEDS Data Center
  • Sample Tasks Using the IPEDS Data Center

• Implementation of New Disclosure Requirements in Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)

• Diversity and Affordability: Presenting Institutional Data on the Web

• Do Students Know the Net Cost to Attend Your Institution?

• An Investigation of the Perceptions of Low-Income Students of Color Concerning College Costs and Financial Aid Information: Research In Action

• Enrollment Services’ One-Stop Shop: The Customer Service Aspect of Financial Aid, Admissions, Registration and Fiscal Services

• Social Services Ties With Institutions: Unaccompanied Homeless Youth and the FAFSA

• Best Practices: Preferred Lender Lists & The RFI Process

• Loan Forgiveness and Discharge

• Title IV Regulatory Exposure Outside of the Financial Aid Office

• Research as a Routine: Practical Ways to Incorporate Research into Aid Office Decisions

• New Private Student Loan Laws: Workable Solutions

• Net Price Calculator: Data Elements, Price Calculation, and Institutional Implications

• Current Economic Realities: The Implications for College Prices, Student Aid, and the Future of our Institutions

• Every Default Tells a Story: Look at Yesterday’s Defaults to Help Students Today

• Best Practices on Teaching Financial Literacy

• Use Excel to Change Data into Information

• Best Practices in Leadership Development - The RMASFAA Leadership Pipeline

• The Fab - 4 Involve, Empower, Improve, & Innovate

• New FERPA Regulations: Are you in compliance?

• Using NASFAA Tools to Ensure Title IV Compliance

• Staff Retreat

• Factors Contributing to Financial Aid Administrators' Job Satisfaction
  • Job Satisfaction Survey

• Successful Outreach Practices within the Financial Aid Office

• Federal Student Aid Information Center Operations & Customer Services

• Magic or Misery! What do You Bring to the Job?

• Do I Have to Be a Cop? Detecting and Reporting Financial Aid Fraud

• NASFAA Financial Aid Simplification Survey

• Being Proactive in a Reactive World

• Advocating for Student Aid Spending in Tough Economic Times

• Fiscal Survival for State and Regional Associations
• Institutional Eligibility Issues Every Aid Administrator Should Know About

• Institutional Eligibility Issues session

• Technology Tools for Parents

• National Training for Counselors and Mentors: Perspectives from the Front Lines

• Reviewing Tax Returns for Verification Purposes

• Understanding and Implementing the New Independent Student Definitions

• Moving to a Veterans Friendly Campus: West Virginia University's Journey

• Pinstripes or Pink Slips: Professionalism, Networking, and Survival

• Staff Training and Development
  • Examples of Tests for Staff Members

• Encouraging Parents and Students to have "The Money Talk"

• Four Generations at Work in the Financial Aid Office

• Marketing Our Student Services to Enhance Enrollment and Retention

• Successfully Managing a Program Review

• The Politics & Ethics of Leading a Financial Aid Office

• Tuition Benefit Programs Another Form of Financial Aid?

• Are You An Institutional Change Agent On Your Campus

• The Impact of Enrollment Management on NCAA Financial Aid Regulations at Division III Schools

• Professional Judgement Framework

• What Happens When...

Financial Aid Business Seminars

• PROFILE Goes Global: The Application Process

• The School Voice in Common Policy

• The Student Loan Ombudsman Caucus: Facilitating Creative Solutions for Student Loan Problems and Issues

• Engaging Faculty and Staff: An Imperative for Fostering Retention, Advising, and Smart Borrowing