NASFAA University Online Courses
We're pleased to introduce online facilitated courses as part of NASFAA University! These collaborative learning sessions bring minds and ideas together despite distances. Online courses help you become more proficient, more knowledgeable, and more valuable to your organization, and offer you the option to work towards earning a professional credential from NASFAA.
NASFAA training staff will guide you through the course and answer questions. Each three-to-six-week course:
- Includes a live facilitator.
- Offers video-enhanced lectures, live chat, and meaningful online discussions and resources
- Provides scheduled office hours for the facilitator so you can interact online in real time
- Includes quizzes and homework assignments
- Qualifies learners to take a credential test in the subject area
Course Offerings
The first classes will rollout in Fall 2012. Start dates will be announced soon!
Overview of Student Financial Aid
Introduces learners to basic financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, and other federal sources of assistance to students. Presentations, discussion topics, and homework assignments will help participants understand how basic financial aid concepts interact and the importance of the various aid programs to their institutions.
Professional Judgment
Introduces learners to the concept of professional judgment, including circumstances for which a financial aid administrator may exercise it, documentation requirements, recalculating a student’s financial need, and adjusting financial aid. Presentations, discussion topics, and homework assignments will help participants understand the extent of their professional judgment authority and illustrate the options available for developing professional judgment policies and procedures on your campus.