A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ
-A-
ability to benefit
academic year (AY)
accrediting agency
administrative capability
appropriation
automatic zero EFC
award
award year
-B-
base year
The Blue Book
-C-
cancellation
capitalizing interest
Central Processing System
(CPS)
certification
clock hour
COA – cost of attendance
cohort default
rate
conflicting information
consortium
agreement
continuing resolution
cost of attendance – COA
CPS – Central Processing
System
credit hour
-D-
data matches
default
deferment
dependency override
dependent student
disbursement
DPA (Destination Point Administrator)
DRN (Data Release Number)
due diligence
-E-
edit checks
EFA (Estimated Financial Assistance)
EFC – Expected Family
Contribution
eligible institution
eligible noncitizen
eligible program
eligible student
eMPN (Electronic Master Promissory Note)
enrolled
enrollment
management
enrollment reporting
enrollment status
entrance counseling
estimated financial assistance
(EFA)
exit counseling (for a student
borrower)
Expected Family Contribution
(EFC)
-F-
FAA – Financial Aid Administrator
FAA Access to CPS Online
FAFSA – Free Application
for Federal Student Aid
Federal Direct Loan
Program
Federal
Consolidation Loan
Federal
Direct Consolidation Loan
Federal
Direct PLUS Loan
Federal
Direct Stafford Loan (Direct Subsidized Loan)
Federal
Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan (Direct Unsubsidized Loan)
Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) Program
Federal
Need Analysis Methodology
federal output document
Federal Pell
Grant Program
Federal
Perkins Loan Program
Federal PLUS
Loan
FSA Assessments
Federal
Student Aid Handbook
FSA Schools Portal
Federal
(Subsidized) Stafford Loan
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program
Federal
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program
FFEL – Federal
Family Education Loan Program
financial aid administrator
(FAA)
financial
aid history
financial responsibility
fiscal year
forbearance
Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA)
FSA Handbook for Foreign Schools
FSEOG – Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
full data element formula
full-time student
FWS – Federal Work-Study Program
-G-
GAAP – generally accepted
accounting principles
GAGAS – generally accepted government auditing standards
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS)
gift aid
grace period
graduate or professional student
grant (programs)
guaranty agency
-H-
half-time student
Higher Education Act (HEA)
-I-
IFAP (Information for Financial Aid Professionals)
incarcerated student
independent student
institution of higher education
Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR)
ISIR – Institutional Student Information Record
-J-
-K-
-L-
late disbursement
less-than-half-time student
loan
-M-
Master Promissory Note (MPN)
-N-
National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
need
need analysis
NSLDS – National Student Loan Data System
-O-
OPEID (Office of Postsecondary Education ID)
overaward
overpayment
-P-
packaging
payment period
period of enrollment
personal identification number (PIN)
postscreening
postsecondary vocational institution
prescreening
Primary EFC
priority deadline
private, nonprofit institution
processing period
professional judgment
provisional certification
public institution
-Q-
quarter
-R-
regular student
renewal FAFSA
repayment
return of Title IV funds
RID (Routing Identifier)
Roster File
-S-
SAIG – Student Aid Internet
Gateway
SAP – satisfactory academic
progress
SAR – Student Aid Report
SAR Information Acknowledgment
satisfactory academic progress
(SAP)
secondary EFC
self-help aid
semester
simplified formula
source document
Student Aid Internet Gateway
(SAIG)
Student Aid Report (SAR)
Student Aid Report
(SAR) Information Acknowledgment
student consumer information
Student Status
Confirmation Report (SSCR)
-T-
term-based
program
third-party servicer
three-quarter-time
student
Title IV federal student
aid
Title IV WAN (TIV WAN)
tolerance levels (verification)
transaction number
transfer student monitoring
trimester
-U-
undergraduate
-V-
verification
verification items
vocational-technical institution
-W-
Work-Study
-XYZ-
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