1. The Role of the Financial Aid Office in Institutional Accreditation
Regina BlacksheaR District-wide director of Financial Aid and Scholarships St. Louis Community College
Karen Griffin Director- Student Financial Aid East Central College
Regina Morris Director of Financial Aid Three Rivers CollegE
Nick Prewett Executive Director of Student Financial Aid University of Missouri- Columbia

2. Panel Discussion:
Which agency accredits your institution and under which pathway?
When was your last on-site institutional accreditation visit?
Did you serve as a chair, co-chair, or key member in preparing materials for this visit and if so, what was your role?
What financial aid or compliance items had to be prepared for your review?
What types of Title IV related consumer information documents were reviewed by the accreditation team?
February 25, 2019
MASFAP Conference I Keeping it REAL!

3. Panel Discussion:
What financial aid questions were asked by your accreditation team and to whom did they ask?
Were you asked to explain Title IV policies or procedures and if so, which ones?
Was student satisfaction with the financial aid office solicited by your accreditor and if so, how were those results presented and discussed?
Did your constituents or the public served by your school comment about the financial aid office and if so, how were those results presented and discussed?
Were you asked to share how the financial aid office assesses both student service and student learning? If so, how did you demonstrate this?
February 25, 2019
MASFAP Conference I Keeping it REAL!

4. Panel Discussion:
Where you involved in the process for documenting credit or clock hour assignments at your institution?
When was your institution’s last Title IV Program Review? If it occurred during the period reviewed by your accreditor, in what manner was it discussed?
What advice or lessons learned do you have for making the accreditation process easier?
What would you do differently to prepare for and respond to an institutional accreditation review or monitoring requirements, if anything?
What questions do the attendees have for the panelists?
February 25, 2019
MASFAP Conference I Keeping it REAL!