Many of the changes in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) will directly affect operations in other areas of your campus outside of the financial aid office. To help your institution to prepare for these changes, NASFAA has developed a sample letter that you can adapt and use to apprise your institution's president and others about the possible impact of the HEOA on your institution and its students. If your institution has a legislative relations department, you should run this correspondence through this department first.

Yesterday, in a letter to NASFAA members, NASFAA President & CEO Dr. Phil Day suggested that members begin digesting the HEOA by:

1. Review NASFAA's summary of the Higher Education Opportunity Act.

2. Listen to the recorded version of NASFAA's August 21 Webinar - Reauthorization 2008: First Alerts and view the accompanying Webinar Slides (because these are offered to you free as a benefit of your NASFAA membership, you will need to register to gain access).

3. Decide which provisions will be of most interest to your school and highlight those changes to your president.

4. Continue to watch Today's News for additional guidance and analysis from NASFAA and the Department of Education.

Members having any problems downloading the sample letter should contact NASFAA at Web@nasfaa.org.

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