ERIC Number: ED414865
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997-Oct
Pages: 449
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Fiscal Officer Training Workshop, 1997. Participant's Guide.
Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Extensive workshop materials are presented in this 1997 training guide for fiscal officers, business officers, bursars, loan managers, and others who have responsibility for Title IV college student financial aid programs. Workbook type material is provided for nine workshop sessions that cover the following topics: (1) Institutional Responsibilities and Recordkeeping; (2) Audits and Financial Responsibility; (3) New Financial Responsibility Regulations; (4) Managing Campus-Based Program Funds; (5) Cash Management; (6) Refunds and Repayments; (7) Accounting and Reporting Issues; (8) Grant Administration and Payment System and (9) Other Issues. Each unit identifies resources and defines the objectives that the participant should achieve by the end of the session. The materials include case studies, illustrations and highlighted text, worksheets to make calculations, sample forms, and quizzes. Included in the introductory chapter are: general resource information; features of two data exchange programs for Pell Grants; a list of customer service lines for student financial aid programs; information on three national associations that provide technical assistance and training; and a list of Department of Education student financial aid program regional offices. (SW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Audits (Verification), Databases, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation, Financial Audits, Grants, Higher Education, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Loan Repayment, Management Development, Money Management, Online Systems, Recordkeeping, Resource Materials, School Accounting, School Business Officials, Student Financial Aid, Student Financial Aid Officers, Student Loan Programs, Training Objectives, Workbooks
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Family Education Loan Program; Higher Education Act Title IV; Pell Grant Program; Perkins Loan Program
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A