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A Taxonomy Of Objectives For The Training Of Financial Aid Administrators, Francis H. Delaney Jr., Gary L. Hylander, Ruth Karp, Richard J. Lange

Journal of Student Financial Aid

The training of financial aid administrators is mostly informal and is accomplished by the workshop and apprenticeship method. There are few training programs specifically for financial aid administrators and these in­clude occasional two-week summer school institutes which have been sponsor­ed by the U.S. Office of Education in coordination with a university or the various state financial aid associations. Occasionally, a financial aid admin­istrator is able to "wing" a financial aid training program in a Master's or Doctoral program in the Student Personnel area; but, beyond having a few specific courses in financial aid administration, the candidate may engage in a …