USA Funds^® University offers a series of webcasts covering the material from the fall-2005

Financial-Aid Workshops. The Dec. 6 webcast offers the following sessions:

Session descriptions

FERPA. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act was designed to protect personally identifiable information within students' educational records. Most of the information maintained in the financial-aid office falls under the FERPA regulations. This session reviews what information is covered by FERPA, whose rights are protected, how these requirements affect the financial-aid office and what procedures should be followed to ensure compliance.

USA Funds update. Gain insight into USA Funds products and services that deliver added value to you and your institution. This session highlights new online-learning opportunities, debt-management and default-prevention tools, as well as OpenNet enhancements.

Date/Time

Dec. 6, 2005
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. (Eastern time)

If you have questions about the USA Funds Financial-Aid Workshop webcasts call USA Funds

University at (866) 497-USAF, Ext. 4995.