Virtual Birds of a Feather Session

Congratulations on your recent participation in Federal Student Aid’s 2020 Virtual Annual Training Conference. You were one of over 15,000 individuals who joined us in this historic first all virtual experience. Thanks for helping us make history!

Previous FSA Annual conferences have included Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions for institutions representing various groups (Minority Serving Institutions, Graduate and Professional Schools, Community Colleges, etc. These sessions were not available during the recent conference.

Our internal teams are evaluating a proposal to provide these BOFS in a Post-Conference virtual environment. We would like to receive your input as we move forward in this process. As you may recall these sessions were scheduled for 90 minutes.

Please respond to the following items.

1. Would you have an interest in participating in a virtual BOF session?

• Yes

• No

2. If yes, which session? Select all that Apply

• HBCUs

• HSIs

• TCUs

• PBIs

• AANAPISIs/ANNHs

• Community Colleges

• Graduate/Professional Schools

3. Would you be willing to serve as a panelist/facilitator for this session?

• Yes

• No

4. If yes, please provide your contact information:

• Last Name _________________________________

• First Name ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

• Position/Title ________________________________

• Email Address ________________________________

• Phone Number___________________________

5. Of the following timeframes, please check all that you believe would be acceptable for scheduling this event.

• Late Winter (Jan/Feb)

• Early Spring (Mar-April)

6. Please check the box on each of the following topics that you would have an interest in discussing with colleagues within your BOF session.

• Title IV Regulatory Relief-COVID- (Verification, Professional Judgement, etc.)

• CARES ACT Funding for students-Emergency Grant Aid Funding Procedures

• Potential Impacts of Administrative Forbearance (Institutional CDRs)

• Pell Grant/Campus Based Funding (AY 21-22)

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1845-0045. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to this collection is voluntary. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this survey, please contact the Minority Serving and Under Resourced Schools Division at 830 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20202.