CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FINANCIAL AID PROFESSIONALS

作品简介:

The financial aid staff at Lake Erie College always attempts to act in the best interest of the students and their families. We attempt to minimize procedural barriers that often frustrate students and parents in their quest for financial resources. We encourage students to handle their financial affairs in a responsible manner and to become financially literate. Our staff works to help students and parents make the best use of all resources available to help them accomplish their goal of attending and graduating from Lake Erie College. 财政援助办公室, 与联邦政府合作, 国家和其他组织, coordinates the administration of student financial assistance to ensure equitable and timely delivery of funds to students.

Lake Erie College personnel are expected to comply fully with all relevant laws, as well as with the College's own high standards of integrity and quality. 除了 to complying with specific laws or regulations that govern business activities, 公平标准, honesty and respect for the rights of others will govern the College's conduct at all times.

Lake Erie College financial aid personnel also adhere to the NASFAA Statement of Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct which contains principles specific to the financial aid profession.

Consistent with the requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act and the NASFAA Statement, Lake Erie College has adopted this Code of Conduct for financial aid professionals.

行为准则原则:

  1. Neither Lake Erie College nor any employee of Lake Erie College who has responsibilities with respect to financial aid shall enter into any revenue-sharing arrangement with any lender.

  2. Neither Lake Erie College nor any employee of Lake Erie College who has responsibilities with respect to financial aid, 也不包括他们的家人, shall accept any gift from a lender, guarantor or servicer of educational loans. 为此目的, “礼物”是指任何小费, 忙, 折扣, 娱乐, 热情好客, loan or other item having more than de minimus value. 然而, an employee who serves on an advisory board, 委员会, 或由出借人成立的集团, guarantor or group of lenders or guarantors may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in serving on such advisory board, 委员会或小组.

  3. No employee of Lake Erie College who has responsibilities with respect to financial aid shall accept from any lender any fee, payment or other financial benefit as compensation for any type of consulting arrangement.

  4. The preferred lender list offered to our students is chosen based on the best interests of our students and parents who may use the list without regard to the financial interests of the College. Students and parents have the right to select a lender of their choice, regardless of whether such lender appears on the College's lender list.

  5. 伊利湖学院不得, 任何首次借款者, 分配, through award packaging or other methods, the borrower's loan to a particular lender or refuse to certify, 或者延迟认证, any loan based on the borrower's selection of a particular lender or guaranty agency.

  6. 伊利湖学院不得 request or accept from any lender any offer of funds to be used for private education loans, including funds for an opportunity pool loan, to students in exchange for the institution providing concessions or promises to the lender regarding a number of loans, 贷款数量, or a preferred lending arrangement for such loans.

  7. 伊利湖学院不得 request or accept from any lender any assistance with call center staffing or financial aid office staffing.

  8. 除了, Lake Erie College employees who have responsibilities with respect to financial aid shall:

    1. Refrain from taking any action for their personal benefit.

    2. Refrain from taking any action they believe is contrary to law, regulation or the best interests of the students and parents they serve.

    3. Ensure that the information provided is accurate, unbiased and does not reflect any preference arising from actual or potential personal gain.

    4. Be objective in making decisions and advising their institution regarding relationships with any entity involved in any aspect of student financial aid.

    5. Refrain from soliciting or accepting anything other than nominal value from any entity (other than an institution of higher education or a governmental entity such as the Department of Education) involved in the making, 持有, consolidating or processing of any student loan, including anything of value for serving on an advisory body or as part of a training activity of or sponsored by any such entity.

    6. Disclose to the Director of Financial Aid any involvement with or interest in any entity involved in any aspect of student financial aid.