New Bee: Online Buzz Tristan Lynn, Director of Financial Aid AIB College of Business

Agenda Tools for Assisting Students – New/Perspective Student – Current Student – Graduates Tools for Financial Aid Administrators – Daily Job Tasks – Regulations – Training

FAFSA4Caster Uses – Estimate your EFC – Federal funding estimate Issue – Can’t play with the numbers Website – FAFSA4Caster FAFSA4Caster

College Board Uses – Estimates EFC – Can play around with numbers better Issue – Not exact Website – College Board EFC Calculator College Board EFC Calculator

FAFSA Students complete to get EFC – Can be completed Online or in paper form – Online is recommended for quickest results Questions while completing – Instructions are on the side of page when completing – Read Instructions (Paper Form) Worksheets – Don’t have all pertinent information Website – FAFSA FAFSA

Studentloans.gov Financial Awareness Counseling Exit Counseling Entrance Counseling Master Promissory Note – Plus – Direct Website – StudentLoans.gov StudentLoans.gov

Studentloans.gov

Financial Literacy Financial Awareness Counseling Iowa Student Loan – Student Loan Game Plan – Return on College Investment (ROCI) Great Lakes Financial IQ Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) Financial Literacy College Series Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) Financial Literacy College Series

Financial Awareness Counseling

Iowa Student Loan

Great Lakes Financial IQ

ICAN Financial Literacy College Series

Loan Forgiveness Loan Repayment Programs – Attorney – Federal Employee & Public Service Employee – Health Care – Teacher Website – Iowa College Student Aid Commission Iowa College Student Aid Commission

Loan Forgiveness

Repayment Plans Types – Standard – Graduated – Extended – Income-Based (IBR) – Pay As You Earn – Income-Contingent – Income Sensitive Website – Federal Student Aid Federal Student Aid

Repayment Plans

NSLDS for Students National Student Loan Data Systems Information for Students – Amount of debt Interest and Principal – Servicers Contact Information Website – NSLDS NSLDS

NSLDS for Students

NSLDS for Financial Aid Professionals National Student Loan Data Systems Information for Financial Aid Professionals – Student Information Loans and Grant Amount Aggregate Information – Reports Delinquent Borrower Report Transfer Monitoring List – Cohort Default Rate Website – NSLDS NSLDS Two Factor Authentication to Access

NSLDS for Financial Aid Professionals

FAFSA Demo Allows you to complete sample FAFSA Available at the FSA Conference in November/December Last couple of years, not available until last minute – User Name: eddemo – Password: fafsatest Can’t do IRS data retrieval Website – FAFSA Demo Site FAFSA Demo Site

FAFSA Demo

Common Origination & Disbursement (COD) Access to a student information – Loan Information – Counseling – Master Promissory Notes – Pell Amounts – Plus Applications More up to date than NSLDS Website – COD COD Two Factor Authentication to Access

Common Origination & Disbursement (COD)

Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Federal Student Aid Handbook (FSA) – Application and Verification Guide Dear Colleague Letters Federal Registers Electronic Announcements My IFAP – Weekly Digest – Specific Financial Aid Areas Website – IFAPIFAP No Login Necessary!

Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP)

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) NASFAA News Federal Updates Research Papers Compliance Policies and Procedures Guide Website – NASFAA NASFAA

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)

ListServs Automatic Mailing Lists – FINAID-L – FSATECH – IASFAA Membership Profile – MASFAA Membership Profile – Software Provider – Admissions – Registrar ***Daily Synopsis***

Additional Resources IASFAA – State, Federal, Publication, Association, and Other Resources State, Federal, Publication, Association, and Other Resources College Board Federal Student Aid – FSA Coach Inside Higher ED Iowa College Student Aid Commission – College Aid Insider Many more resources available!

Colleagues Conferences – IASFAA – MASFAA – NASFAA – FSA Other Events – Drive-In Workshop – Support Staff Workshop Networking

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