Webinars

Curious about the new Annual Student Loan Acknowledgement? Wondering if you are prorating loans correctly? Do you know what to do when a borrower’s loan amounts are in unequal disbursements? In this Q&A style webinar, we will test your knowledge on key aspects of the Direct Loan program, and share guidance NASFAA received from the U.S. Department of Education.

Financial stress is wreaking havoc on students' emotional well-being. On top of that, the current Covid-19 situation has shaken up curriculums and introduced new challenges for students. What can you, as a financial aid professional, do to help students make the right choices for their future? Join Earnest for an interactive showcase of tools, worksheets, and data to pass on to your students.

This year’s events have brought emergency preparedness to the forefront of our attention in all areas of life – including in the financial aid office. How did your school handle shutting down during the COVID-19 pandemic? Were you prepared to go completely digital? Learn how you can get a plan in place to be fully operational from wherever you are, and wherever your students are. These ideas go beyond helping during emergency – they assist in serving the ever-growing population of students who are more comfortable on their computers than anywhere else. Learn how to future-proof your office for success.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up on the most recently passed COVID-19 legislation and guidance from the Department of Education, and answer some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Time will be provided for open Q&A during this 75 minute webinar.

Chatbots are trending, and it’s easy to see why. Schools need to be in tune with the new digital era of students – answering questions at all hours, helping from afar, and offering flexible methods of communication. But chatbots simply don’t cut it when they are just an interactive FAQ machine. Offices today should provide personalized interaction with each student, live help from staff, video content, and instant translation to more than 60 languages to keep up with today’s students. Learn how VirtualAdvisor ticks these boxes and more.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up on the most recently passed COVID-19 legislation and guidance from the Department of Education, and answer some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Time will be provided for open Q&A during this 75 minute webinar.

NASFAA Policy Update webinars provide an opportunity for the NASFAA membership to ask policy and regulatory questions. NASFAA's annual business meeting will also be a part of this webinar.

Join NASFAA Staff to explore some of the most frequently asked questions related to R2T4 received by our NASFAA AskRegs service.

Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, one in 10 American young adults ages 18 to 25, and at least one in 30 adolescent minors ages 13 to 17, experienced homelessness on their own over the course of a year. The current economic crisis and family stress related to shelter-in-place orders are creating new waves of youth homelessness. In the wake of the pandemic and school closures, unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness face greater barriers to accessing and completing higher education, including barriers to financial aid. Yet higher education remains their best opportunity for economic independence and healthier lives.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up on the most recently passed COVID-19 legislation and guidance from the Department of Education, and answer some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Time will be provided for open Q&A during this 75 minute webinar.

Are you interested in the Certified Financial Aid Administrator® (CFAA) Program, but feel a bit intimidated about the Exam? Join us to hear directly from Certified Financial Aid Administrators® about their personal experience with this initial phase of the certification program. Panelists Daniel Barkowitz and Christina Tangalakis will share how they prepared for the exam, what the testing experience was like, and why they believe this designation is worth it. Plan ahead for your journey towards certification by tuning in for this free webinar to learn more about NASFAA's new certification program.

We go “back to basics” and beyond with a review of the fundamental concepts of satisfactory academic progress (SAP) such as the requirement that a school’s academic standards for Title IV recipients be the same as or stricter than those for non-Title IV recipients, frequency of evaluation, and maximum time frame.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up on the most recently passed COVID-19 legislation and guidance from the Department of Education, and answer some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Time was provided for open Q&A during this 75 minute webinar.

In this webinar, participants will learn practical strategies from higher education professionals, including financial aid administrators, for implementing policies and supporting homeless youth.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up on the most recently passed COVID-19 legislation and guidance from the Department of Education, and answer some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Time was provided for open Q&A.

In its commitment to the graduate and professional community, NASFAA is providing this town hall webinar as a forum for graduate and professional aid administrators to discuss current issues of concern for graduate and professional students and aid administrators.

Many financial aid administrators are uniquely qualified to lead enrollment management efforts at colleges and universities, but most vice presidents/vice provosts of enrollment management ascended via admissions. Unfortunately, the training of financial aid professionals focuses so much on the rules that we rarely see ourselves as enrollment leaders who can work in the "gray." This webinar will present a very brief history of enrollment management in colleges and universities and how financial aid administrators can "promote" their skills within the context of an enrollment management division, even if there is no official enrollment management division at your school.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review some of the most common questions related to Title IV and COVID-19. Devin Jopp, chief executive officer at the American College Health Association, will be on-hand to provide an overview of how COVID-19 is playing out across America’s campuses. Time was provided for open Q&A.

Join this webinar to hear from new directors who participated in group coaching with Blue Icon Advisors, NASFAA Consulting, to tackle some common areas of concern for new directors and what they learned in the process.

The presenters will provide case studies of successful methods for establishing financial wellness, building financial wellness programs on campus, and navigating institutional pushback that may occur around financial wellness initiatives.

In this webinar, presenters will share some of the research from AACRAO as the background for a discussion of some of the issues that have prevented more financial aid leaders from exploring this career path. They will also discuss ways financial aid leaders can prepare themselves for leadership roles in enrollment management.

This webinar will address many of the questions asked during the November 2019 Verification 2020-21: Extended Edition webinar.

Join us to learn about why the CFAA Program was developed and how the financial aid community shaped the program along the way.

NASFAA Policy Update webinars provide an opportunity for the NASFAA membership to ask policy and regulatory questions. NASFAA staff will be on hand to answer questions and offer explanations.

Explore with NASFAA Staff scenarios where changes in a student's enrollment may, or may not, affect the student's Pell Grant.

This webinar provides an overview of 2020-21 verification requirements and highlights any new or changed data element and documentation requirements.

Join this webinar to learn from schools that have gone through a program review how to prepare, the review process itself, and responding to the report. We'll also highlight the NASFAA tools and services that can equip you for a review.

Do you know when and why to make changes to FAFSA data? Is it a change as a result of verification, or did you find conflicting information that had to be resolved? What if an update is needed because something that was correct at the time the FAFSA was filed is now wrong? What’s the difference between a correction and an update?

Join NASFAA staff in a discussion of changes to 2020-21 FAFSA questions, updates to the FAFSA mobile app, and spend some time on changes to the tables used to calculate the expected family contribution (EFC) of students.

Get a tour of the two modules of the Compliance Engine: the Self-Evaluation Checklists and the P&P Builder. The Self-Evaluation Checklist is designed allow schools to audit campus policies and procedures while the P&P Builder provides a central location where your school can create and house its Policies and Procedures manual.

Trellis’ Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) seeks to document the financial well-being of post secondary students and provide institutions with a detailed profile of the financial issues their students face, some of which could potentially impact their success in college. In this webinar, Trellis will share findings from the more than 17,500 student responses to the Fall 2018 survey and discuss the context and implications of the findings for institutions.

At the end of the day, do you throw your hands in the air, whisper to yourself…what is untaxed income? That is the question! Join Kochie Vaughan and Eunice Powell, NASFAA Regulatory Specialists, for this webinar as they highlight the most popular questions related to untaxed income submitted to NASFAA’s AskRegs service.

Professional judgment and need analysis are terms familiar to all financial aid administrators. But did you realize how they complement each other -- like peanut butter and jelly? In this webinar, we will start with a very high level overview of both professional judgment and need analysis. Then we will take a deeper dive to examine how these two foundational concepts work together.

Learn what the expanded data sharing authority permits and how your institutions can best serve your students using this new authority.