NJASFAA Case Study
About NJASFAA
Founded almost fifty years ago, NJASFAA is a volunteer organization, made up of 400 financial fit professionals working full-time in NJ organizations. NJASFAA’s Mission is to provide professional development activities that:
• embrace the ethical principles and practices of financial aid administration through education and training,
• promote the affordability of higher education
• provide timely and accurate information to the community and public at large,
• advocate at the state, regional and national levels, and
• Encourage alliances with other organizations having similar objectives.
NJASFAA’s members and key executive council members are represented by all sectors of higher education. Non-traditional and Proprietary Schools, Community College and Two year Private Schools, Four Year Public, Four-Year Independent, Graduate and Professional Schools and Non-traditional and Proprietary Schools as well as …show more content…
Simplification and providing a clear path to payment are effective ways to improve college access, affordability and completion. Most students and families struggle to navigate through the financial aid process. Even with NJASFAA and HESAA’s collaboration to assist students through FAFSA workshops and such, the complex nature of the student aid process is a real deterrent and can perpetuate inequality. The federal government has made major shifts toward simplification; such as removal of unnecessary questions, implementing skip trace logic, use of the IRS Data Retrieval functionality, allowing families to import tax information directly from the IRS onto their FAFSA, and now students will be using “prior-prior” year tax information. The strategic simplification of the TAG application and verification process is a way to assist students and make college more affordable. Additionally, the state should expedite the progress it is currently working on to utilize the NJ taxation system, which will mirror in concept the IRS Data
Founded almost fifty years ago, NJASFAA is a volunteer organization, made up of 400 financial fit professionals working full-time in NJ organizations. NJASFAA’s Mission is to provide professional development activities that:
• embrace the ethical principles and practices of financial aid administration through education and training,
• promote the affordability of higher education
• provide timely and accurate information to the community and public at large,
• advocate at the state, regional and national levels, and
• Encourage alliances with other organizations having similar objectives.
NJASFAA’s members and key executive council members are represented by all sectors of higher education. Non-traditional and Proprietary Schools, Community College and Two year Private Schools, Four Year Public, Four-Year Independent, Graduate and Professional Schools and Non-traditional and Proprietary Schools as well as …show more content…
Simplification and providing a clear path to payment are effective ways to improve college access, affordability and completion. Most students and families struggle to navigate through the financial aid process. Even with NJASFAA and HESAA’s collaboration to assist students through FAFSA workshops and such, the complex nature of the student aid process is a real deterrent and can perpetuate inequality. The federal government has made major shifts toward simplification; such as removal of unnecessary questions, implementing skip trace logic, use of the IRS Data Retrieval functionality, allowing families to import tax information directly from the IRS onto their FAFSA, and now students will be using “prior-prior” year tax information. The strategic simplification of the TAG application and verification process is a way to assist students and make college more affordable. Additionally, the state should expedite the progress it is currently working on to utilize the NJ taxation system, which will mirror in concept the IRS Data