This guide prominently engages the voices of people on the autism spectrum as well as highly qualified professionals to provide information and tips vital to promoting success in higher education for people on the autism spectrum in three major areas: transition to higher education, attending college, and, finally, transitioning out of college…

This workshop guide for financial aid administrators provides training in the federal student financial aid delivery system. An introduction enables the participant to share some information about his or her responsibilities and to reflect on the relevance of the training to the job. Session 1, "Application Systems," identifies methods of applying…

This workshop manual is designed to teach financial aid administrators about student eligibility. The first module, "Student Eligibility," defines student eligibility criteria and discusses interpreting output documents and financial aid histories. Module 2 discusses calculating the expected family contribution (EFC) and calculating a student's…

This participant workbook instructs financial aid personnel in the use of the EDExpress System as it relates to direct student loans. The first session discusses common origination and disbursement of direct loans. The second session considers new loans, and session 3 covers disbursements. Session 4 discusses exporting and importing data, and…

This participant guide is an update to basic training in the Direct Loan (DL) portion of the EDExpress system designed for financial aid professionals who have already participated in the basic training. The first session considers new aspects of DL processing, focusing on DL process changes and EDExpress DL changes. Session 2 contains three…

This participant guide instructs college financial aid personnel in the use of the EDExpress system as it relates to direct student loans. The first chapter contains a welcome and introduction to the training sessions, and the second session contains an overview of the six-step data process, a discussion of key players in direct loans (DL), a…

This training document for financial assistance professionals discusses ensuring program integrity in student financial aid and describes some tools for ensuring internal and external program integrity. The training focuses on these tools and resources: (1) the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Schools Portal; (2) the Information for Financial Aid…

This document is the second in a series of "core curriculum" courses designed by Student Financial Assistance (SFA) "University," a training program for SFA employees. The one-day course traces the history of student financial assistance, describes what the SFA organization looks like today, and outlines the standards to which SFA must adhere to…

These training materials were designed to be used by participants at a National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) workshop which explains how to use the NSLDS Web site. Following an overview, the guide is organized into four sessions: (1) students' access and use of the NSLDS Web site; (2) navigating the financial aid professional Web site; (3)…

This participant guide contains training materials for processing applications for student financial aid under the EDExpress system. Representatives of institutions of higher education receive training in the use of EDExpress software that allows the school to manage student financial aid records. The guide contains these sessions: (1) welcome and…

This training manual describes new features the U.S. Department of Education has developed to improve the administration of the Pell Grant program. It explains how to set up the electronic data transfer system EDExpress for processing Pell Grant information. Six online resources are described to help the institution's financial aid office use…

This package of training materials is intended for participants in a workshop for administrators at institutions of higher learning involved in administering student financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The workshop agenda is divided into 28 sessions over five days. Sessions cover: introduction and overview;…

Packaging is the process of finding the best combination of aid to meet a student's financial need for college, given limited resources and the institutional constraints that vary from school to school. This guide to packaging under the EDExpress software system outlines three steps to packaging. The first is determining the student's need for…

This training manual introduces "Quality Analysis for Windows: A Verification Tool," personal computer software developed by the U.S. Department of Education to assist institutions of higher education in increasing the accuracy of student financial aid awards, improving campus verification procedures, and enhancing management…

This workbook assists college and vocational school bound American Indian students in determining their financial needs and in locating sources of financial aid. A checklist helps students assess the state of their knowledge of financial programs; a glossary defines terms pertinent to the realm of financial aid (i.e., graduate study programs,…