Lessons Learned from the Trenches of the Lender Selection Process

You have analyzed the RFI responses from lenders, completed your lender list and now ready to take a deep breath (or maybe not). Perhaps those RFI responses are stacked on your desk and you are wondering how you are going to analyze them and select your lenders within the next few weeks. Maybe you have not begun the process and are looking for some pointers. This webinar will provide tangible benefits to you no matter where you are in the process.

It has been a year of dramatic change in student lending with several lenders suspending or discontinuing their operations, new regulations and new issues requiring the attention of financial aid professionals. In order to make sense of this new environment, Student Lending Analytics will be hosting a webinar on April 17, 2008 at 2PM ET on "Lessons Learned from the Trenches of the Lender Selection Process."

You can register for this complimentary webinar by clicking on the link below:
http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/slan001/26229/

SLA has worked with a number of financial aid offices this year on all aspects of their lender selection process; from RFI creation to developing an analytical framework to analyze responses. This webinar will help answer the following questions:

• What categories are critical to include in the RFI?
• What are new issues that have surfaced recently that should be included in the RFI?
• What is the best way to analyze the disparate borrower benefits offered by lenders?
• How should questions be structured in an RFI to ensure consistent answers?
• What are the unique challenges in evaluating alternative lenders and how can they be overcome?
• What are some time-saving tips that can increase the efficiency of this process?

In addition, SLA would love to incorporate your feedback into the webinar. All participants are invited to provide us with one lesson they learned in their lender selection process this year. This information will be summarized in the webinar (and the names of the respondents will not be disclosed). We look forward to your participation!

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