Last week, NASFAA held its first Webinar on the HEA reauthorization bill that was signed into law earlier this month. More than 1,300 NASFAA members tuned in to watch and participate in the live Webinar. The event addressed a number of the immediate implementation issues of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), including student consumer information and disclosures, provisions that impact veterans and military personnel, the most significant changes to need analysis and student eligibility, and the most important changes to the individual Title IV programs.

A recorded version of Reauthorization 2008: First Alerts is now available at the NASFAA Webinar Center. Under Upcoming Live Webinars, select "click here" and enter your member login and password to enter the NASFAA Webinar Center registration area. There, you can click "Register and View" Webinar to view and listen to the recorded version. Handouts from the Webinar are also available online. If you have any problems with you username/login or password, be sure to email Membership@nasfaa.org.

This Webinar is the first of several trainings that NASFAA will be offering on the HEOA. All of NASFAA's analysis, along with NASFAA's general summary of the bill, Department of Education guidance, and HEOA media articles can be found at NASFAA's HEA Reauthorization Web Center.

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