This information provides answers to some of the more frequently asked questions we receive from organizations and individuals interested in NASFAA Membership. If you would like a membership kit mailed to you, contact Membership Services at Membership@NASFAA.org or (202) 785-0453, Ext. 1.

Benefits of Membership

Membership in NASFAA includes many direct and indirect benefits. You are welcome to browse the following materials, or you may request a Membership Kit be sent to you via postal mail.

• 30 Reasons Your Institution Should Join [PDF]
  
• 30 Reasons Your Organization Should Join [PDF]
  
• Benefits of Membership Brochure [PDF]
  
• About NASFAA
  

Request a Trial Web Site ID

If you are still uncertain about joining, you can request a trial Web Site ID, which will provide you with a three day password to the NASFAA Web site and a copy of Today's News each morning. The trial ID is avialable on a one-time basis and only to non-members. The ID will automatically expire unless you join.

• Request a Trial Web Site ID
  

Applying for Membership

Membership application forms are available on-line. NOTE: If you are joining NASFAA for the first time and have any questions, please contact Membership Services at (202) 785-0453, Ext 1, or by e-mail at Membership@NASFAA.org before you complete the form. You may also request that a membership kit be mailed to you.

Membership Type, Dues, and Entitlements

Institutional Membership: Institutional membership in the association is open to institutions of postsecondary education having an interest in promoting the effective administration of student financial aid, which meet the following criteria:

a) Institutions must normally maintain a regular faculty and curriculum and normally have a regularly enrolled body of students in attendance at the place where the educational activities are regularly carried on;

b) Institutions must normally have a full-time employee on campus with primary responsibility for the administration of student aid;

c) Institutions may fit one of the following organizational structures: 1) A single campus institution under the control of a single administration. 2) A single institution with branch campuses. Each campus may join separately or you may combine the institutional FTEs, pay one base fee, and join under one membership. This is only available if all branches are included, and entitles the institution to only one vote. 3) A separate institution that is part of a system. Institutions that are part of a system may join separately, or may combine FTEs, pay individual base fees, and then reduce the total bill by 5 percent. This is only available if all system members are included, and entitles the system to only one vote.

The Institutional Membership Form is available on-line. Please contact us if you need further information on institutional membership policies. If you are joining the Association in the first quarter of our fiscal year (July-October), you may select from three Membership Dues Categories. Dues Categories are not prorated. When selecting your Membership Dues Category, you may find this comparision chart helpful:

• Institutional Dues Category Comparison Chart [PDF]
  

Affiliate Membership: Affiliate membership in the association is only open to individuals who are employed full-time by a postsecondary institution.

Affiliate members shall have all privileges and benefits of membership in the association other than the right to vote on matters before the institutional membership. They may be elected to the Board of Directors of the association and, as such, have voting rights in that body.

Constituent Membership: Constituent membership in the association is open to educational associations, governing agencies, or other organizations involved in providing educational services, and individuals having an interest in promoting the effective administration of student financial aid. An association, agency or organization holding such membership in the association shall designate an individual to serve as a liaison between such member entity and the association. Constituent members of the association may not vote in association matters nor hold office in the association, but may serve on association committees.

The Constituent Membership Form is available on-line.

Student Membership: Student membership is open to individuals enrolled full-time in institutions of postsecondary education who have an interest in promoting the effective administration of student financial aid. Student members may not vote on matters before the association or hold office, but may serve on association committees. Please enclose a statement from your registrar, advisor, or a faculty member attesting to your full--time student status.

The Student Membership Form is available on-line.

Dues

For all types of membership, dues cover your membership services for a full twelve months.

Entitlement Publications

Entitlement publications include the NASFAA Membership Directory, Journal of Student Financial Aid, and Student Aid Transcript. Entitlements are earned on the basis of one per every 2,500 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) enrollment. Each member receives at least one entitlement. In addition, each Institutional and Consitutent member is allowed a base of five Web IDs plus one additional ID for each NASFAA entitlement. Therefore, no institution will have fewer than six IDs.

Institutional and Constituent members who wish to order additional entitlements please see the Details section under Entitlement Information on the Membership Application Form. Since additional entitlements have the same anniversary as annual membership, we suggest that you purchase them each year at the time of membership renewal. Subscriptions to individual publications, with the exception of the Journal, are not available. Affiliate and student members are not eligible to purchase additional entitlements.

Entitlement Distribution and Directory Listing

The Institutional Voting Representative or Primary Contact listed will receive the first entitlement and is listed first in the Membership Directory. Check boxes to indicate whether the listed staff are to be listed in the Membership Directory and/or to receive entitlements. Constituent members may have a directory listing for any additional entitlements purchased. Affiliate and Student members may have only one Directory listing (based on their tier). If any individual is to receive more than one set of entitlement publications, indicate the quantity in the space provided.