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Pathways Overview

The NASFAA 2025 Leadership & Legislative Conference & Expo will offer six pathways so registrants can tailor their experience to support their professional goals. Stay tuned for more details and session information.

Association Leadership Pathway

Ideal for anyone interested in assuming a leadership position at the state, regional, or national level, this track will cover legal duties and best practices for successfully managing and leading a financial aid association. Volunteering for a professional association — at any level — is an exciting professional activity with many benefits for volunteers, their institutions, and the students they serve. Financial aid associations across the country depend on the talents and energy of volunteer leaders to carry out the association's activities.

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Compliance Management Pathway

With a curriculum geared toward practicing compliance officers and financial aid directors, this track will feature sessions that focus on compliance management strategies, administrative capability, tactical methodology, and collaboration beyond the financial aid office to achieve campus-wide compliance with all aspects of Title IV administration.

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Executive Leadership Collective

Exclusive for 2024-25 Executive Leadership Collective (ELC) registrants, the ELC is a professional development opportunity for financial aid leaders. This pathway will provide participants with the opportunity to discuss pressing issues in a closed-door setting, and interact with other noteworthy individuals.

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FAAC® Forum

Designed exclusively for those who currently hold the FAAC® designation, this event brings FAACs together to network and explore important issues facing the financial aid community.

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Financial Aid Management & Leadership Pathway

Please note - this pathway is SOLD OUT. Developed for practicing financial aid directors and high-level managers, this track will help attendees focus on management and leadership within the financial aid office and across campus.

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Strategic Enrollment Management Pathway

Designed for practicing enrollment managers, sessions in this track will focus on enrollment management strategies using fiscal management and ethics, tactical methodology, and collaboration beyond the financial aid office to achieve specific enrollment goals. 

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