The Maine Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators announced today that it will offer its first Financial Aid Summer Institute this August on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Veteran financial aid administrators from Maine's colleges and universities will serve as Institute faculty and offer different curriculum tracks to customize the financial aid learning experience to the needs and interests of various public audiences.

Gary Weaver, Associate Director of Student Aid at Bowdoin and Institute organizer, sees growing information needs among Maine's new admissions and financial aid officers, Maine's guidance community, college advisors and planners, and Maine parents hoping to understand more about the financial aid application and awarding process.

Course content will focus on proper filing techniques relative to family structure and dependency status; federal and institutional need analysis theory and computation; the use of tax return data; federal, state and institutional grant and loan program eligibility; award package construction; payment plan solutions; and policy and practice variations among school types.

A full course description is available at http://www.masfaasummerinstitute.webs.com/.

The Maine Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) is a non-profit professional association of practicing financial aid administrators dedicated to professional excellence, public service, and financial aid advocacy for Maine students and parents.

Posted 06/03/09 to www.NASFAA.org. Posting of press releases is done as a service to Members and does not imply endorsement or support by NASFAA. NASFAA does not review this information for content or accuracy.