Webinars

Join Susan Shogren and a panel of influencers in today’s financial aid community to explore how they leveraged a wide range of learning opportunities over the course of their careers. Discover how growing your expertise and enhancing your professional competencies can help you continue to be of maximum value to your institution and your students.

Successful consulting does not always need to occur face-to-face. Blue Icon Advisors, NASFAA Consulting, and the Standards of Excellence review program offer remote compliance and consulting services to schools as a lower-cost (but not lower-quality) alternative to being on campus. Attend this webinar to learn about remote services and how they can help you achieve your goals.

The current global crisis caused major shifts in higher education operations, drastically disrupting students’ experiences.  Join us to learn about taking a holistic approach to support including strategies for virtual support, continuity planning, retention outreach, inbound engagement, community building, and more to support your students.

Join NASFAA's Lissa Powell and David Tolman, along with a panel of colleagues from schools offering clock-hour programs as we discuss the timeliest guidance to help ensure no alarms go off during your next audit or review.

Sandy Baum will lead a presentation on some of the most pressing enrollment and financing issues facing institutions today.

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

Join David Futrell, NASFAA Knowledgebase and AskRegs Manager, as he provides clarification on some of the most commonly misunderstood verification issues in this extended 120 minute webinar. This webinar is a follow-up to the earlier webinar, 2021-22 Verification Basics.

We hear much about devoting proper attention to our physical health during times of stress; what about attending to our mental health during especially busy times? Dr. Philip Hawkins will discuss how life got suddenly interrupted by a major depression from too many competing life demands and how he has transformed through lessons of recovery that guide him on a new and improved life journey.

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.

Well thought-out and compliant cyber security and data privacy policies and practices have become increasingly critical to campus operations. This panel of aid administrators will share their best practices around this topic.

The description for this webinar will be announced soon. Keep an eye on NASFAA's Today's News for up-to-date information.

Using screenshare, Tiffany Gibbs, NASFAA's Compliance Products Manager, will provide a guided tour through each module and provide ideas about how you school can best use these tools on your campus.

Join NASFAA’s Kochie Vaughan in this engaging webinar as she tests your knowledge on a variety of financial aid topics. Have fun learning and see which staff members in your office should win the NASFAA Quiz Show Championship!

Join David Futrell, NASFAA's Knowledgebase and AskRegs Manager, as he answers questions related to consortium agreements and study abroad considerations, and discusses challenging issues related to written arrangements.

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.

Join NASFAA’s Joe Massman for this Q&A style webinar that will test your knowledge on topics related to student eligibility.

Financial concerns have been a longtime leading factor in students’ decisions to enroll or continue their education. In today’s challenging economic environment, monetary considerations are even more prevalent. As a result, higher education institutions need to prioritize awarding timely and accurate financial aid offers to incoming and returning students to drive enrollment decisions and student persistence rates.

Join NASFAA’s Tiffany Gibbs and Susan Shogren as they review key aspects of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) application process, discuss answers to questions frequently asked by applicants, and explore strategies institutions can use to help prepare staff and students for the upcoming application season.

As academic departments continue to explore new ways to deliver academic programs, it is essential to understand how those decisions can affect the Title IV programs you offer and impact your students. Join NASFAA’s Joe Massman to explore basic concepts that will help inform your conversations and choices about program structure.

Join NASFAA President Justin Draeger and NASFAA staff from the AskRegs and Policy teams as they review and follow-up COVID-19-related topics, 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 60 minute webinar.

Join NASFAA’s Tiffany Gibbs, Compliance Products Manager, and Kochie Vaughan, Regulatory Specialist, as they discuss the basic elements of verification and what is required.

During this webinar, we will compare the latest data on both student debt and general consumer credit behavior prior to the crisis, on national and state levels. 

Mental health is the number one issue on college campuses today, but it is not just the student body facing these mental health obstacles - it is the staff, as well. NASFAA members are not just in a high-stress profession but may also lack emotional support or have additional external stress, thus fostering an environment for lack of mental and emotional wellness. Please join us for this webinar. 

During this panel webinar, we’ll discuss challenges imposed, accelerated, and underscored by COVID-19 for Financial Aid departments at Texas A&M University, Central Washington University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Learn how their artificially intelligent chatbots provided an edge, supporting their needs, guiding their adjustments, and evolving to keep pace with unprecedented changes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for schools and students. And it is the very reason why we must double-down on student success programming. This presentation will share easy-to-implement strategies, effective tools and free resources to help you get more students to and through college successfully. Join us as we outline how our Attigo® Suite helps students reach their goals by delivering the right support at the right time. Learn how key components like financial literacy, academic support, student debt letters and student loan counseling can be brought together to make a positive impact on student success!

In this session, our Experian credit expert will guide attendees through protecting and managing their personal credit, as well as advising students, during the crisis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.