NASFAA U Online Courses

This eight-week interactive online course will review the Direct Loan application and origination process, eligibility criteria, annual and aggregate limits, loan periods, loan repayment plans, deferments, forbearance, discharges and counseling requirements.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on an overview of the required and optional elements of an institutional satisfactory academic progress policy. Course topics include calculating pace, student appeals, the impact of transfer credits, and the use of academic plans. Live instruction, discussion topic collaboration, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key concepts. Upon passing the course, you will receive complimentary access to the credential test.

This four-week interactive online course provides an overview of the Return of Title IV funds (R2T4) regulations. This course is the perfect learning tool for intermediate and advanced level financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to guide you through the R2T4 process.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the fundamentals of financial aid including applying, financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, other federal sources of student assistance, and comparing financial aid offers.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the 2021-2022 processing year, and concentrates on the principles of verification, information subject to verification, acceptable documentation, processing data corrections, how to verify applicant files in accordance with Title IV verification requirements, and options for institutional verification.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on an overview of the Federal Pell Grant and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG) programs. Instruction provided will cover selecting the appropriate formula for term-based and non-term based programs, as well as additional considerations when calculating and processing for these programs.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on a comprehensive review of the concept of professional judgment. Instruction provided will examine the guiding principles for the use of professional judgment and explore its impact on student eligibility and financial assistance. This course is the perfect learning tool for all levels of financial aid professionals designed to provide the necessary tools and subject matter expertise to understand when professional judgment can and cannot be applied.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the consumer information that postsecondary educational institutions are required to report to prospective students and employees, currently enrolled students, students’ parents, and current employees. Instruction provided will examine the notification and disclosure requirements covering a wide range of issues including those requirements that are not directly applicable to a student's receipt of Title IV aid.

Live instruction, discussion topics, and assessments throughout the course will reinforce key concepts. Upon passing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion.

This four-week interactive online course will focus on the fundamentals of financial aid including applying, financial aid concepts, categories and types of financial aid, the Title IV aid programs, other federal sources of student assistance, and comparing financial aid offers.