2018 Monday Conference Summaries
Read on for high-level overviews of select interest sessions held Monday.
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Living Longer With Student Loans, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter People are living longer than ever before and borrowing student loans in much larger amounts, though there is no data about the intersection of these phenomena researchers from the MIT AgeLab told NASFAA memb... -
Just Keep Swimming! The Importance of Mental Health in the Financial Aid Profession, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter NASFAA members know all too well that working in the world of financial aid can be an emotionally and mentally taxing job. Combining that with other stressors from life outside of work, it can be difficult to... -
Gainful Employment: Getting the Institution Involved, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter The regulations and disclosures surrounding gainful employment (GE) regulations involve much more than just the financial aid office, but it can be a struggle to get other offices involved, according to a pan... -
How Do I Advise My Undocumented Students Now?, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter Many financial aid administrators come across situations in which they will have to advise undocumented students, or those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. But in the current poli... -
Tackling Higher Ed’s Biggest Challenges With 50-Forward Thinking Institutional Leaders, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter With the many challenges facing higher education today, it’s important to ensure different perspectives are all brought to the table to look for solutions. In late 2017 NASFAA was awarded a grant to con... -
Fit and Function of Enrollment Management 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Joelle Fredman, NASFAA Staff Reporter As institutions place an increasingly greater emphasis on enrollment management, the financial aid office has a large role to play in helping schools meet their recruiting goals while ensuring students are we... -
NASFAA's Public Policy Open Forum, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
June 25, 2018 - By Megan Walter, Policy & Federal Relations Staff NASFAA members had the opportunity to pick the brains of the organization’s policy leaders during an open forum session on Monday, during which NASFAA leaders discussed issues ranging from ...
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