2016 Conference: Monday Summaries

  • ED Provides Gainful Employment Update at NASFAA National Conference
    July 11, 2016 - Cynthia Hammond and Greg Martin, both of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), provided a Gainful Employment (GE) update to a packed room during the NASFAA National Conference. Much of the information provided was a review of Gainful Employment...
  • Cash Management Regulations Overview
    July 25, 2016 - Although this Department of Education (ED) conference session included an overview of several existing cash management regulations, the focus was on new cash management rules, most of which became effective July 1, 2016. ED represe...
  • Important Federal Perkins Loan Reminders Provided at NASFAA Conference
    July 27, 2016 - During this conference session, Department of Education (ED) officials reminded schools that the rules for awarding Federal Perkins Loans have changed and that they should be following the guidance in Dear Colleague Letter GEN-16-05 and...
  • Developing and Providing Integrated Student Services: The One Stop Shop for Students
    July 28, 2016 - This presentation discussed the hardships and payoffs of implementing an integrated student services center, which is also commonly referred to as a One Stop Shop. In an integrated student services center, institutions provide multiple ...
  • Federal Town Hall Focuses Primarily on Prior-Prior Year and Verification
    July 29, 2016 - Department of Education (ED) officials addressed several issues that were raised by the financial aid community during a Federal Town Hall at the NASFAA Conference, most of which were related to the use of prior-prior year (PPY) income,...
  • Common Origination and Disbursement Update Session Highlights
    August 1, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Common Origination and Disbursement System (COD) session at NASFAA's 2016 National Conference in Washington, DC, covered a number of topics, including the Subsidized Usage Limit Applies (SULA) fla...
  • Experimental Sites Initiative Session Highlights
    August 2, 2016 - This session from the 2016 NASFAA National Conference on the Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI) provided information on the purpose of the ESI as well as information on ongoing experiments. The Department of Education (ED) is not curre...
  • The Federal Perkins Loan Program Update
    August 10, 2016 - The Federal Perkins Loan Program Update session at the 2016 NASFAA National Conference contained a series of questions and answers commonly asked by schools. Read on for the questions and answers.
  • ED Presents Complaint System To 2016 National Conference Attendees
    August 11, 2016 - The FSA's Enterprise Feedback System, recently renamed from "Complaint System," was presented to an audience of financial aid administrators at the 2016 National Conference. The purpose of the system is to solicit feedback from recipien...
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