The Resource Catalog is a guide to NASFAA
publications, tools, and services.
- Ask NASFAA a Regulatory Question (AskRegs) allows NASFAA Members to ask Association staff questions about regulatory and compliance issues.
- NASFAA's Compiled Title IV Regulations provides a searchable
PDF document for each of the major parts of CFR 34. NASFAA incorporates
new regulations for each award year to shows what text will change the following
July 1.
- CCRAA (College
Cost Reduction and Access Act) Resource Page provides
analysis, regulatory and legislative language, media coverage and Department
of Education guidance on CCRAA.
- CORE
In-Service Staff Training is
a comprehensive training tool that is
updated each spring. Each of the 13 modules includes an instructor's
guide, participant handouts, and PowerPoints. Available
on CD-ROM. Modules cannot be purchased individually.
- The NASFAA Encyclopedia of Student Financial Aid is
a Web-based tool that reflects current statutes and regulations governing
federal student aid programs. Includes
General Program Administration, Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, Perkins (NDSL),
FFEL, and Direct Loans.
- ECASLA (Ensuring Continued Access To Student Loans Act) Resource
Page provides analysis, regulatory and legislative language, media
coverage and Department of Education guidance.
- Fall Training addresses topics of interest that have
been identified by members and the Training Committee, and
is offered by the state and regional financial aid associations.
-
HEOA Implementation Resources Page provides
analysis, regulatory and legislative language, media coverage and Department
of Education guidance.
- HERA Implementation Resources Page provides
analysis, regulatory and legislative language, media coverage and Department
of Veterans Affairs guidance on the Higher Education Reconcilliation Act
including the ACT and SMART Grant programs.
- How to Communicate with Congress provides guidance
on the many ways you can effectively communicate to members of Congress.
- How to Communicate with ED and Other Agencies provides guidance on making your views known about regulatory issues.
- Hurricane
Resource Page provides policy guidance from NASFAA, ED,
HHS, DHS, and others related to the impact of hurricanes Katrina and
Rita in 2005.
- LearnStudentAid.org courses are available only on the
Web, and relies on the best practices of on-line learning,
which have been developed and shared by higher education institutions, associations,
agencies, and corporations.
- NASFAA's Policies & Procedures
Tools show
how to create and maintain a Policies & Procedures Manual for
the proper administration of student financial aid. Includes electronic templates
and other aids for formulating, implementing, evaluating,
and revising policies and procedures.
- Post-9/11 GI Bill Resources Page provides
analysis, regulatory and legislative language, media coverage
and Department of Veterans Affairs guidance on the Post-9/11
GI Bill.
-
Professional Judgment in Eligibility Determination
and Resource Analysis (Monograph 10) identifies
a variety of situations in which it may be necessary
to use professional judgment in need analysis. Alternatives
are suggested to help aid administrators assess more
sensitively the ability of a family to pay for postsecondary
education.
- Satisfactory Progress: A Balancing Act (Monograph 14: updated
in 2004) is a guide for evaluating and establishing written satisfactory academic
progress policies and procedures that assures compliance and meets the needs
of students, while taking into consideration the goals of the institution as
a whole.
- NASFAA's Self-Evaluation Guide for Institutional Participation is
an in-house assessment device that helps institutions determine the effectiveness
of their administration of the Title IV programs. The Guide is updated each
winter.
- September 11 Resource Page provides
policy guidance, related news and resources,
and information on scholarship funds for families
of victims.
- TEACH Grant Implementation Resources Page provides
information and tools to help members implement the newly created TEACH
Grant Program.
- Title
IV Eligibility
Checklist:
Considerations
for Adding
New Programs & Locations helps schools in the task of adding new academic
programs and/or locations at their institutions. In addition to highlighting
areas of regulatory concerns, the chart includes additional resources and
current Case Management and Oversight contact information.
- Using Federal Tax Returns in Need Analysis is NASFAA's annual
reference tool on how to use federal income tax returns, schedules, and forms
in need analysis. Includes a Forms Comparison chart and more!
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- Award Letter Evaluation Tool offers schools a framework in which to provide clear, concise and complete award materials that deliver "what families want to know" in
a language understood by all.
- The
NASFAA Career Center lets you advertise for
needed staff or look for new opportunities for yourself.
- Choosing, Using, and Appraising a Student Financial Aid Consultant provides
basic guidelines to assist financial aid administrators in locating, evaluating
and selecting qualified consultants.
- College Access, Financial Aid, and College Success for Undergraduates
from Foster Care. This research report examines the effects of foster
care on college access and success for undergraduate students.
- Don't Get Hooked provides free promotional materials for financial aid offices to distibute to help college-bound students and their families avoid scholarship scams.
- The NASFAA Encyclopedia of Student Financial Aid is
a Web-based tool that reflects current statutes and regulations governing
federal student aid programs. Includes
General Program Administration, Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, Perkins (NDSL),
FFEL, and Direct Loans.
- Financial Aid Night Slide Presentation and Guide provides
high school counselors and other interested persons the basic knowledge and
information they need to conduct a financial aid night presentation. The accompanying
guide, Planning and Conducting a Financial Aid Night, includes important
steps on how to set up a financial aid night, as well as a narrative for the
slideshow. The slideshow is available on-line in several different formats.
- Financing Graduate and Professional Education: 2003-2004 (Monograph
17) summarizes the strategies students in graduate and professional programs use to finance their educational experiences.
- Foster Youth FAFSA Tips helps aid administrators and foster
youth complete relevant portions of the FAFSA. The document was originally developed by the California Student Aid Commission and is updated by NASFAA staff.
- Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees helps
explain two federal tax credits for college expenses - the Hope Scholarship
and Lifetime Learning tax credit, as well as available tax deductions for tuition
and fees and links to related IRS Publications.
- Key Factors in Financial Aid Office Staff Sizes: Results
of the 2006 NASFAA Staffing Survey and Development of the Staffing
Model provides an objective methodology for predicting financial aid office staff sizes for institutions with similar characteristics.
- NASFAA's Policies & Procedures Tools show
how to create and maintain a Policies & Procedures Manual for the proper
administration of student financial aid. Includes electronic templates and
other aids for formulating, implementing, evaluating, and revising policies
and procedures.
- Primer on Economics for Financial Aid Professionals was jointly sponsored
by NASFAA and The College Board. Written in 1996 by Sandy Baum, the Primer links
basic economic concepts to college enrollment and student aid, and also analyzes
need analysis from an economic perspective.
- The Salary Analysis Online Tool (2004) lets financial aid staff at member institutions determine their average or normative salary based on a number of factors, such as education level, institution type, job title and primary duties, and geographic location of their institutions.
- NASFAA's Salary and Staffing Models area includes on-line salary and staffing analysis tools, and results of the Association's salary and staffing surveys.
- Satisfactory Progress: A Balancing Act (Monograph 14: updated
in 2004) is a guide for evaluating and establishing written satisfactory academic
progress policies and procedures that assures compliance and meets the needs
of students, while taking into consideration the goals of the institution as
a whole.
- NASFAA's Self-Evaluation Guide for Institutional Participation is
an in-house assessment device that helps institutions determine the effectiveness
of their administration of the Title IV programs. The Guide is updated each
winter.
- The Standards
of Excellence Review Program is
an objective, confidential peer review program that helps institutions improve
student financial aid delivery. Institutions must be NASFAA members to
participate.
- NASFAA Statement of Ethical Principles provides a set of principles for financial aid administrators that serves as a common foundation for accepted standards of conduct.
- Student Aid Transcript is NASFAA's award-winning magazine, a forum
for management and student aid issues. Student Aid Transcript is mailed to members and also
available online.
- Title IV Eligibility Checklist: Considerations for Adding New
Programs & Locations In addition to highlighting
areas of regulatory concerns, the chart includes additional resources and
current Case Management and Oversight contact information.
- Using Federal Tax Returns in Need Analysis is NASFAA's annual
reference tool on how to use federal income tax returns, schedules, and forms
in need analysis. It includes a Forms Comparison chart and more!
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 - The Annotated Bibliography of Student Financial Aid provides brief
summaries of student aid research published from 1988 to the present. Researchers
may search for articles by subject, title, author, or year of publication.
College Access, Financial Aid, and College Success for Undergraduates from Foster Care examines the effects of foster care on college access and success for undergraduate students.
Completing the Common Data Set: A Guide for Financial Aid Professionals
(Monograph 19) enhances Member knowledge of the Common Data Set (CDS) Initiative and provides advice on completing the college costs and financial aid sections of the CDS reporting forms.
Financial Aid Professionals at Work: SUFAPPP 2001 is the fourth
in a series of studies on the processes used by on-campus aid administrators
to award financial assistance to undergraduates.
Financing Graduate and Professional Education: 2003-2004 (Monograph 17) summarizes the strategies students in graduate and professional programs use to finance their educational experiences.
Fixing the Formula: Need Analysis for Independent Students takes an innovative
approach to determining independent students' ability to pay for education. It challenges many of the fundamental tenets of traditional need analysis and proposes new ways of thinking about the resources available to independent students in varying circumstances.
The Graduate Aid Study [SOGAPPP:98] was undertaken to gain added knowledge and insight into the distribution of financial aid funds to graduate and professional students, and into the financial aid operations and management issues facing financial aid administrations who serve these students.
Institutional Grants and Degree Attainment provides convincing evidence of the need to focus more attention on persistence issues to ensure that financial aid is both providing student access and assuring student degree completion.
The Journal of Student Financial Aid, NASFAA's award-winning research
publication, is mailed to Association Members three times a year and also available
on the Web. It is one of the few NASFAA publications available to non-members,
to enable libraries, researchers, and others to learn of the research taking
place in financial aid.
National Profile of Federal Student Aid Programs provides detailed
information about each of the programs authorized under Title IV, including
program descriptions, number of students served, and program appropriations
over the past ten years. This document was published 2005 and will be updated
soon.
A Primer on the Federal Budget Process (Monograph 18) enhances member knowledge of the legislative process that develops and completes the federal budget, and comments on the complexities of federal student aid appropriations.
Report on College Access and Tax Credits looks at the links between federal higher
education tax credits and college enrollment.
Research Tools, Tips, & Resources for Financial Aid Administrators
(Monograph 13) provides
research tools, tips, and resources to help financial aid administrators undertake
research tasks. The report also provides instructions for administrators who
want to build research databases and strategies for publicizing the results
of your research efforts.
A Scan of Our Changing Environment, 2004-2005, reviews and
analyzes the political, economic, and social events and trends that may affect
the future of student financial aid. Developed by NASFAA's Research Committee,
the last sections of the scan look at the economic and political environments
facing aid administrators on campus and within NASFAA itself.
So You'd Like To Do Some Research….An Introduction to the New
ERIC offers a guide to the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) library that opened to the public on September 1, 2004, and consists primarily of bibliographic records of journal articles and other reports on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education.
NASFAA's Sponsored Research Grant Program awards
grants to facilitate the initiation, completion, and distribution of original
research activities in areas of interest to NASFAA and its Membership.
Staffing and Salary Tools & Models provide access to NASFAA's periodic surveys on financial aid office staffing and salaries.
State Tax Calculations Spreadsheet estimates the changes
in parental contribution due to changes in the state/local tax
allowances in the need analysis
formula for 2005-2006. This document was published in 2005 and will be updated
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- NASFAA Conference DVD 2008 is your chance to own
a piece of the NASFAA Conference. Five sessions were
recorded and are available together on one DVD: 1) Nuts and Bolts
of Program Reviews and Audits; 2) Business Taxes; 3) Making ACG/SMART Processing
a Campus-wide Initiative (originally titled Navigating and Implementing Changes
in ACT/SMART); 4) Conflict of Interest: Identifying Areas of Risk to Your School;
and 5) Income-Based Repayment and New Loan Forgiveness for Public Service. While supplies last.
CORE
In-Service Staff Training is
a comprehensive training tool that is
updated each spring. Each of the 13 modules includes an instructor's
guide, participant handouts, and PowerPoints. Available
on CD-ROM. Modules cannot be purchased individually.
Fall Training addresses topics of interest that have
been identified by association members and the Training Committee, and
is offered in most states by the state and regional financial aid associations.
Financial Aid Night Slide Presentation and Guide provides
high school counselors and other interested persons the basic knowledge and
information they need to conduct a financial aid night presentation. The
accompanying guide, Planning and Conducting a Financial Aid Night,
includes important steps on how to set up a financial aid night, as well
as a narrative for the slideshow. The slideshow is available
on-line in several formats.
In Search of Best Practices - A NASFAA Symposium provides
an opportunity to delve into national topics of concern, learn from the experiences
of others,
and share ideas on current issues facing senior aid administrators today.
Best Practices is offered as-needed, usually in the Spring.
LearnStudentAid.org courses are available only on the
Web, and relies on the best practices of on-line learning,
which have been developed and shared by higher education institutions, associations,
agencies, and corporations.
NASFAA's Policies & Procedures Tools show
how to create and maintain a Policies & Procedures Manual for
the proper administration of student financial aid. Includes
electronic templates and a wide array of other aids for formulating, implementing,
evaluating, and revising policies and procedures.
NASFAA's Tips for Trainers is a PowerPoint presentation that reviews the top fears of presenters, discusses some strategies for addressing them, and shares tips for adding dynamics to your workshops.
NASFAA Webinars are the Association's newest means of
delivering high quality, accurate training to members. Webinars deliver information
to you, in your office, via the Internet. No travel is required and your
time commitment is an hour and a half at most.
NASFAA Training Materials
- 2007 Fall Training - Counseling Students and Families:
Tacking Financial Issues - how to explain to students and families
in layman’s
terms how their financial resources and family demographics are used
to calculate
the
expected
family contribution
(EFC)
under federal methodology (FM), and other options available to them when
the standard approach does not work.
- 2006 Fall Training - Verification - explains the difference
between "verification" of
data used to calculate a student’s expected family contribution (EFC)
and "conflicing information." In
addition, the materials cover the Higher Education Reconciliation Act
(HERA), which changes several need analysis formula data elements.
- 2005 Fall Training - Administrative Capability:
Campus-Wide Compliance - presented
compliance in the context of a campus-wide effort, focusing on developing
strategies to ensure and strengthen the cross-campus communication
necessary to demonstrate Title IV administrative capability.
- 2003
Spring Training - Debt Management - addressed
debt management: strategies, options, and implications; and
Federal
Work-Study:
promoting community service. (The consortium agreements module
is now out-of-date and no longer offered.)
- 2000 Fall Training - Professional Judgment:
It's Your Decision; Guiding Principles for Making Wise
Decisions
Training Updates and Errata
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- The NASFAA National Conference, held annually in July, attracts more than 3,000 financial aid professionals for four days sharing professional advice, obtaining expert guidance from Department of Education policymakers, and trading "war stories" of life in the aid office.
- The NASFAA Leadership Conference is an annual program designed primarily for individuals in association leadership positions or about to assume such positions. Participants are identified for NASFAA by the current state and regional presidents. Representatives at Large to the NASFAA Board of Directors are also invited to participate. The Leadership Conference is also open to others on a space available basis.
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Periodicals
- The Journal of Student Financial Aid, NASFAA's award-winning research
publication, is mailed to Association Members three times a year and also available
on the Web. It is one of the few NASFAA publications available to non-members,
to enable libraries, researchers, and others to learn of the research taking
place in financial aid.
Student Aid Transcript is NASFAA's award-winning magazine, a forum
for management and student aid issues. Student Aid Transcript is mailed to members and also
available online.
NASFAA Advertising Ratecard includes information and contracts for print, on-line, and e-news advertising
Monographs
NASFAA
Monographs provide practical information for student aid
professionals. Monographs are available on-line and may be downloaded by
members only.
Other NASFAA Publications
- NASFAA's Annotated Bibliography of Student Financial Aid provides
brief summaries of student aid research published since 1988. Researchers may
search for articles by subject, title, author, or year of publication.
- Cash for College is NASFAA's 12-page brochure that contains basic
student aid information. The brochure is distributed year-round to prospective
students, at high school financial aid information nights, and as a primer
for institutional colleagues, trustees, legislators, and community leaders.
- NASFAA History, 1966-1985 was compiled and written by Steven Brooks. NASFAA
History, 1986-1991 was compiled and written by Robert P. Huff of Stanford
University. Both histories are "must reads" for NASFAA Members.
- NASFAA's Online Membership Directory allows you to search by
individual and institution or organization. Only individuals at member institutions/organizations
are included in the directory and can access it. The directory is updated daily.
- Every Monday the NASFAA Newsletter reports on all the articles and documents added to the NASFAA Web site the previous week. The NASFAA Newsletter covers current events, legislative and regulatory activity, technical issues, and association events.
- Today's News is a daily newsletter delivered via e-mail that reports on the financial aid industry and community.
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- The Web site ABCs of Early Awareness: A Resource Guide and Toolkit for Helping Students Achieve a Higher Education contains the resources you need to develop and launch an effective early awareness program.
NASFAA's Campaign for Early Awareness compiles tools that Association members can use to conduct their own early awareness activities.
Cash for College is NASFAA's 12-page brochure that contains basic student aid information. The brochure is distributed year-round to prospective students, at high school financial aid information nights, and as a primer for institutional colleagues, trustees, legislators, and community leaders.
College Access Marketing is a Web site designed for schools, programs, organizations, and government agencies that provide students and families with support and guidance about going to college. The site explains how to use marketing techniques to reach students with messages that resonate. NASFAA is a lead partner in this project of the Pathways to College Network.
College Goal Sunday is a free program that helps families complete
the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Volunteers, including
many financial aid administrators, work with parents and students to make it
easier to apply for financial aid for education beyond high school.
The College Savings Resources page provides information on a variety
of ways that student and parents may save for college. There are three sections:
General Resources such as links to savings Web sites; Policy Guidance that
applies to college savings; and Related News from media articles that address
college savings. The information in this area will be updated soon.
Financial Aid Night Slide Presentation and Guide provides
high school counselors and other interested persons the basic knowledge and
information they need to conduct a financial aid night presentation. The accompanying
guide, Planning and Conducting a Financial Aid Night, includes important
steps on how to set up a financial aid night, as well as a narrative for the
slideshow. The slideshow is available on-line in several formats.
Foster Youth FAFSA Tips helps aid administrators and foster
youth complete relevant portions of the FAFSA. The document was originally developed by the California Student Aid Commission and is updated by NASFAA staff.
The goal of Pathways to College is to advance college access and success for underserved students by getting research-based knowledge on effective policies and practices into the right hands: namely educators; policymakers; and community, corporate, and philanthropic leaders. NASFAA is a lead partner for Pathways, which is managed by The Education Resources Institute (TERI).
NASFAA is one of several organizations that maintains and supports the Postsecondary Education English-Spanish Glossary. These organizations drew upon and reconciled preexisting glossaries to develop a single, easy-to-use reference tool that could facilitate the creation of more consistent
Spanish-language materials about higher education and student financial aid.
StudentAid.org is NASFAA's financial aid resource Web site for students, parents, and counselors.
Guide to Federal Tax Benefits for Tuition and Fees helps
explain two federal tax credits for college expenses - the Hope Scholarship
and Lifetime Learning tax credit, as well as available tax deductions for tuition
and fees and links to related IRS Publications.
- The NASFAA Membership Center is your one-stop shop for membership services, governance, volunteer information, and more.
NASFAA's Online Membership Directory allows you to search by individual and institution or organization. Only individuals at member institutions and organizations are included in the directory and can access it. The directory is updated daily.
NASFAA Staff Directory provides contact information for all NASFAA staff.
NASFAA Governance inlcludes links to the Board of Directors and committees as well as key governance documents.
Awards Information provides descriptions about awards and lists past award winners.
Volunteer Information - the collaborative efforts of an extensive volunteer network working with the NASFAA staff are needed if we are to accomplish the overall mission of our Association. Learn how you can get involved today.
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