行为准则* *
太阳城集团官方网站 financial aid professionals help students pursue their educational goals and achieve success by providing information about and access to appropriate financial resources. To this end, financial aid staff members are guided by a set of principles that serve as a common foundation for an acceptable standard of conduct.
- No action will be taken by financial aid staff that is for their personal benefit or could be perceived to be a conflict of interest.
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- Employees within the financial aid office will not award aid to themselves or their immediate family members. 工作人员 will reserve this task to an institutionally designated person, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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- The college has no preferred lending agreement with any lender of private educational loans and does not maintain a preferred lender list. Neither the college nor any employee shall enter into any revenue-sharing arrangement with any lender or accept offers of funds for private loans to students in exchange for providing concessions or promises to the lender for a specific number of loans, a specified loan volume, or a preferred lender arrangement.
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- A borrower’s choice of a lender will not be denied, impeded, or unnecessarily delayed by the institution. 借款人不会被自动分配给任何特定的贷款人。
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- No amount of cash, gift, or benefit in excess of a de minimis amount shall be accepted by a financial aid staff member from any financial aid applicant (or his/her family), or from any entity doing business with or seeking to do business with the institution (including service on advisory committees or boards beyond reimbursement for reasonable expenses directly associated with such service).
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- No compensation may be accepted for any type of consulting arrangement or contract to provide services to or on behalf of a lender relating to education loans.
- Information provided by the financial aid office is accurate, unbiased, and does not reflect preference arising from actual or potential personal gain.
- Institutional award notifications and/or other institutionally provided materials shall include the following:
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- 该机构的出勤成本的各个组成部分的细目。
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- Clear identification of each award, indicating type of aid, i.e. gift aid (grant, scholarship), work, or loan.
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- 标准术语和定义。
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- 每个奖项的续期要求。
- All required consumer information is displayed in a prominent location on the institutional web site(s) and in any printed materials, easily identified and found, and labeled as “消费者信息rmation.”
- Financial aid professionals will disclose to their institution any involvement, interest in, or potential conflict of interest with any entity with which the institution has a business relationship.
道德原则声明
The primary goal of the institutional financial aid professional is to help students
achieve their educational goals by providing appropriate financial support and resources.
为此，本声明规定财务援助专业人员应：
为学生发声
- Remain aware of issues affecting students and continually advocate for their interests at the institutional, state and federal levels.
- Support federal, state and institutional efforts to encourage students to aspire to and plan for education beyond high school.
表现出最高水平的正直
- Commit to the highest level of ethical behavior and refrain from conflict of interest or the perception thereof.
- Deal with others honestly and fairly, abiding by our commitments and always acting in a manner that merits the trust and confidence others have placed in us.
- 保护学生个人财务记录的隐私。
- Promote the free expression of ideas and opinions, and foster respect for diverse viewpoints within the profession.
支持学生的学习和成功
- Commit to removing financial barriers for those who want to pursue postsecondary learning and support each student admitted to our institution.
- 免费协助学生申请助学金。
- Provide services and apply principles that do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or economic status.
- Understand the need for financial education and commit to educate students and families on how to responsibly manage expenses and debt.
遵守联邦和州法律
- Adhere to all applicable laws and regulations governing federal, state, and institutional financial aid programs.
- Actively participate in ongoing professional development and continuing education programs to ensure ample understanding of statutes, regulations, and best practices governing the financial aid programs.
- Encourage colleagues to participate in the financial aid professional associations available to them at the state, regional, or national level and offer assistance to other aid professionals as needed.
争取透明度和清晰度
- Provide our students and parents with the information they need to make good decisions about attending and paying for college.
- Educate students and families through quality information that is consumer-tested when possible. This includes (but is not limited to) transparency and full disclosure on award notices.
- Ensure equity by applying all need-analysis formulas consistently across the institution’s full population of student financial aid applicants.
- Inform institutions, students, and parents of any changes in financial aid programs that could affect their student aid eligibility.
保护申请人的隐私
- Ensure that student and parent private information provided to the financial aid office by financial aid applicants is protected in accordance with all state and federal statutes and regulations, including FERPA and the Higher Education Act, Section 483(a)(3)(E) (20 U.S.C. 1090).
- Protect the information on the FAFSA from inappropriate use by ensuring that this information is only used for the application, award, and administration of aid awarded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, state aid, or aid awarded by eligible institutions.
* *This was adopted in part from the National Association of Student 金融援助 Administrators’ Statement
of Ethical Principles and 行为准则 for 金融援助 Professionals. The obligations
in this 行为准则 are in addition to any requirements imposed by state or federal
laws, or 太阳城集团官方网站 policies.