行为准则

The 澳门威尼斯人赌城官网 financial aid office has adopted the following NASFAA and Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Statements of Ethical Principles and Codes of Conduct to ensure the highest ethical behavior and professional practices.


Nasfaa伦理原则声明
The financial aid office of 澳门威尼斯人赌城官网 follows NASFAA’s Statement of Ethical Principles, which provides that the primary goal of the institutional financial aid professional is to help students achieve their educational potential by providing appropriate financial resources. 为此目的, this Statement provides that the financial aid professional shall:

  • Be committed to removing financial barriers for those who wish to pursue postsecondary learning.
  • 尽全力帮助有经济需要的学生.
  • Be aware of the issues affecting students and advocate their interests at the institutional, 状态, 联邦层面.
  • 支持鼓励学生的努力, 早在小学的时候, 渴望并计划高中以后的教育.
  • 通过优质的消费者信息教育学生和家庭.
  • 尊重学生的尊严，保护学生的隐私, 并确保学生记录和个人情况的机密性.
  • Ensure equity by applying all need analysis formulas consistently across the institution's full population of student financial aid applicants.
  • 提供不存在种族歧视的服务, 性别, 种族, 性取向, 宗教, 残疾, 年龄, 或者经济地位.
  • Recognize the need for professional development and continuing education opportunities.
  • 促进思想和意见的自由表达, 培养对行业内不同观点的尊重.
  • Commit to the highest level of ethical behavior and refrain from conflict of interest or the perception thereof.
  • 保持最高的专业水平, reflecting a commitment to the goals of the National Association of Student 金融援助 Administrators.

Task Force on Standards of Excellence, Adopted by Board of Directors, April 1999

以下 行为准则 是2014年3月由NASFAA董事会更新的吗. 执行程序将于7月1日生效, 2015, NASFAA的机构成员将确保:

1. 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.

Employees within the financial aid office will not award aid to themselves or their immediate family members. 工作人员将把这项任务留给机构指定的人员, 为了避免出现利益冲突.

如果提供了首选贷方列表, it will be compiled without prejudice and for the sole benefit of the students attending the institution. The information included about lenders and loan terms will be transparent, complete, and accurate. The complete process through which preferred lenders are selected will be fully and publically disclosed. 借款人不会被自动分配给任何特定的贷款人. 澳门威尼斯人赌城官网 does not have a preferred lender arrangement with any lender.

借款人对贷款机构的选择不会被拒绝, 阻碍, 或者被机构不必要地拖延, 即使该贷款人不在该机构的首选贷款人名单上.

没有多少现金, 礼物, 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).

2. 财政援助办公室提供的信息是准确的, 无偏见的, and does not reflect preference arising from actual or potential personal gain.

3. Institutional award notifications and/or other institutionally provided materials shall include the following:

该机构的出勤成本的各个组成部分的细目, 指定所有可能的收费.
明确每项奖励的标识，表明援助的类型.e. 赠与援助(补助金、奖学金)、工作或贷款.
Standard terminology and definitions, using NASFAA's glossary of award letter terms.
每个奖项的续期要求.

4. All required consumer information is displayed in a prominent location on the institutional web site(s) and in any printed materials, 容易识别和找到, 并被标记为"消费者信息."

5. 财务援助专业人员将向他们的机构披露任何参与, 兴趣, or potential conflict of interest with any entity with which the institution has a business relationship.

马萨诸塞州高等教育委员会
行为准则——学生贷款项目

行为准则
The primary goal of the institution and its financial aid staff is to help students achieve their educational potential by providing appropriate financial resources. 为此目的, 这份文件提供了, 特别是经济援助专业人士, with a set of principles that serves as a common foundation for an acceptable standard of conduct.

各院校及其资助专业人员应:

  • 保持最高的专业水平
  • Commit to the highest level of ethical behavior and refrain from conflict of interest or the perception thereof
  • 尊重学生的尊严，保护学生的隐私, 并确保学生记录和个人情况的机密性
  • Provide information to families for lenders that have proven to provide the best combination of price, 获得资金, 为学生和家庭服务

进一步, 机构应确保所有人员, 受托人, 董事, 雇员或代理人, 财务援助专业人员坚持以下几点:

  • 不得接受礼物, 餐, 旅行, or any other non-trivial items from student loan providers in connection with the institution’s loan business
  • 可能不接受, 从贷款机构, 钱, 设备, or printing services or anything of value that may provide or suggest an advant年龄 or grant a preferred status
  • 担任贷款机构顾问委员会成员的, 不能接受任何有价值的东西来交换这项服务, 比如“收入分成”

澳门威尼斯人赌城官网没有首选贷款人名单. Students may borrow from any lender they choose with no preference made by the University. 大学利用www.ELMSelect.为我们的学生提供信息. This is not to be construed as an endorsement of those lenders included on ELM Select. 学生可以向ELM Select不包括的贷款机构借款.