2017 Conference Tuesday Summaries

A Little Nudge Goes a Long Way: Guiding Students Toward Responsible Borrowing, 8:30 - 9:30 am
June 27, 2017 - Behavioral science can help to explain why people sometimes make irrational money choices, even when they ought to know better, but understanding behavior can also help us positively move toward healthy, desired financial outcomes by using “nud...
Early FAFSA and PPY: Experiences at Four Institutions — an Update, 8:30 - 9:30 am
June 27, 2017 - Financial aid offices have seen many changes and challenges in the last year. Just one of those big shifts has been the move to using the Early FAFSA and prior-prior year (PPY) income data. In a Tuesday morning session, financial aid professionals fr...
Cost of Attendance: Is More Standardization Needed?, 8:30 - 9:30 am
June 27, 2017 - A NASFAA working group tasked with examining cost of attendance (COA) is recommending more standardization across institutions when crafting COA components and policies.
How Do I Advise My DACA Students Now?, 9:45 - 10:45 am
June 27, 2017 - In this Tuesday morning session, Angela Adams, managing attorney and owner of Adams Immigration Law, LLC, gave attendees an update on where the DACA program stands today.
Promoting Autonomy in a World of Over-Parenting, 9:45 - 10:45 am
June 27, 2017 - Walking the line between delivering good customer service and allowing parents to overstep is a challenge faced by financial aid administrators across the country, particularly with the growing number of helicopter parents sending their kids to colle...
Graduate/Professional Community Town Hall, 9:45 - 10:45 am
June 27, 2017 - Members of the graduate and professional community gathered Tuesday morning with NASFAA staff and other leaders to discuss ideas for advocacy and points of concern moving into the next year.
Strengthening the Efficacy of On-Campus Employment and Emergency Resources, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
June 27, 2017 - While emergency aid programs are not new to higher education, they are growing in number as institutions work to respond to increasing need from students. During a session Tuesday morning, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) pr...
Innovative Alternative Loan Solutions, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
June 27, 2017 - Higher education as a whole is changing, and so is the way students and families pay for college. In a Tuesday afternoon session, Dennis Wentworth of Goal Structured Solutions (GS2), Inc. and Ted Malone of Purdue University discussed the new and emer...