NASFAA has updated its financial aid night materials for the 2008-09 award year. The presentation script and PowerPoint presentation have been streamlined to provide students and families with the information they need about financial aid without overwhelming them. For example, NASFAA has eliminated the detailed discussion of Federal Methodology. The title of the new presentation is What You Need to Know about Financial Aid.

The presentation guide is no longer a full script. Instead, it assumes that the presenter is familiar with the Title IV programs and application process, and presents key points in a bulleted format to guide the presenter through the presentation. The new presentation guide also recommends that presenters provide members of the audience with copies of the 2008-09 FAFSA on the Web Worksheet and the Student Aid Program Summary Chart to use as references during the presentation.

NASFAA has also streamlined the accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Since the audience will have the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet during the presentation, we have eliminated the hard to view screen captures of the worksheet from the slides.

The financial aid night materials continue to include all the handouts that have been available in previous years. NASFAA has updated the handouts to include any applicable changes for 2008-09.

NASFAA welcomes feedback on the updated materials. Please send comments and suggestions to Ms. Connie McCormick, Director for Professional Assessment, Training, and Regulatory Assistance at mccormickc@nasfaa.org.

The updated financial aid night materials are available online at http://www.nasfaa.org/redesign/fanight.asp.

By Jennifer Martin
NASFAA Assistant Director for Professional Assessment, Training, and Regulatory Assistance

Posted 09/27/07 to www.NASFAA.org. Redistribution to non-NASFAA institutions is prohibited. Please submit Web Site questions or comments to Web@NASFAA.org.