Hot Topics for Graduate

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Hot Topics for Graduate Professional FAAs
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Todays FAA Panel

• Leslie Kaelin
• Director
• University of Louisville
• School of Medicine
• lrkael01_at_louisville.edu

• DebraAnn Brown
• Assistant Director
• University of Memphis
• dbrown_at_memphis.edu

• Francisco Valines
• Director
• Florida International University
• valinesf_at_fiu.edu

• Brenda M. Brown
• Director
• University of Miami
• School of Law
• bbrown_at_law.miami.edu

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Hot Topic 1 Communication with academic
colleagues regarding SAP

• How can FAAs help academics understand that
  ongoing SAP problems are a way to allow students
  to continue incurring debt?
• What are the implications for the student if they
  are dismissed?
• What are the implications for the institution
  when the student is dismissed?

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Hot Topic 2 Cost of Attendance

• How do you establish COA?
• What are your policies and procedures when
  considering a PJ COA adjustment?
• What are considered to be eligible PJ COA
  adjustments?
• Do you track COA adjustment requests?
• When is the last time you reviewed your COA?

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Hot Topic 3 Challenges of managing financial
aid for combined degree programs

• What types of combined degree programs are
  available at your institution?
• Who is responsible for processing the aid?
• When does undergraduate aid stop and graduate aid
  start?
• How do you keep track of the aid on your
  financial aid system?

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Hot Topic 4 Impact of credit on graduate and
professional student borrowing

• Statistics on graduate and professional students
• Based on Credit what is the best choice GPLUS
  or Private Loans?
• When do we change our FAA hat and become Credit
  Advisors?
• Importance of maintaining good credit before
  degree, while pursuing a degree and when they
  earn the degree.

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NAME THAT STUDENT!

• Okay, we are looking for audience participation
  too!
• What is the most ridiculous or outrageous request
  you have heard from a student?

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OPEN DISCUSSION
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