TG Annual Training Conference panel sessions to focus on financial literacy, default prevention
As the financial aid industry prepares for some of the most significant changes of the last quarter century, TG offers training to help manage the transition. The TG Annual Training Conference features panel sessions on a variety of industry issues including financial literacy and default aversion.

TG to host March financial literacy symposium in New York
TG supports schools in their financial literacy efforts, offering varied resources. TG's New York symposium is a case in point. Plan to attend the free TG symposium scheduled for March 30 in New York, which focuses on strategies for strengthening a campus' financial literacy program.

Register now for TG's Positive+Balance Community℠ webinar
TG's webinar, "Positive+Balance Community℠: Strengthening collegiality and sharing practices," showcases how TG's social networking site fosters dialogue among professionals developing and managing financial literacy initiatives.

Revised TG brochure spotlights college- and career-planning website, Adventures In Education
An updated AIE brochure site guides students and parents through the recently redesigned website, focusing on key resources and information.

Offer AIE's primer on resumé-building for your graduating students
Drafting a resumé is one of those rites of passage for a graduate that can incite both anxiety and procrastination — neither of which are good for job hunting. TG's Adventures In Education (AIE™) offers help with a suite of Web pages on "Writing Your Resumé."

ED demos eCDR Appeals 3.0 functions
ED announced the availability of recorded demonstration sessions for Federal Student Aid's Electronic Cohort Default Rate Appeals (eCDR Appeals) Release 3.0.

ED releases revised Spanish deferment forms
Revised Spanish FFELP deferment forms are now available. ED released forms that reflect changes to the terms and conditions of deferments as mandated by the Higher Education Act.

NCHELP releases updated topical index
The National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (NCHELP) has revised its Topical Index to include cites from the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended by recent legislation, and the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by recently published final rules.

USCIS field office in San Francisco closed
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) closed its San Francisco Immigration Status Verification (ISV) Unit, leaving two field offices: Los Angeles and Buffalo, NY.

Ask the Policy Expert
While I understand that ED's temporary authority to purchase FFELP loans under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA) is currently set to expire on September 30, 2010, is the additional $2,000 the unsubsidized Stafford annual loan limit for dependent undergraduate students created by this legislation set to expire as well?