Financial Aid Office Code of Conduct:

• Refrain from taking any action for his or her personal benefit.

• Refrain from taking any action he or she believes is contrary to law, regulations, or the best interests of the students and parents he or she serves.

• Ensure that the information he or she provides is accurate, unbiased, and does not reflect any preference arising from actual or potential personal gain.

• Be objective in making decisions and advising his or her institution regarding relationships with any entity involved in any aspect of student financial aid.

• Refrain from soliciting or accepting anything of other than nominal value from any entity (other than an institution of higher education or a governmental entity such as the U.S. Department of Education) involved in the making, holding, consolidating or processing of any student loans, including anything of valued (including reimbursement of expenses) for serving on an advisory body or as part of a training activity of or sponsored by any such entity.

• Disclose to his or her institution, in such manner as his or her institution may prescribe, any involvement with or interest in any entity involved in any aspect of student financial aid.

• Students and their parents understand they are not required to use any of the lenders on a “preferred lender” list, are free to select the lender of their choice, and understand the process for selecting a lender and applying for a loan.

• The school will promptly certify any loan from any lender selected by a borrower.

• The process through which “preferred lenders” are selected is fully disclosed.

• Borrowers are provided with consumer information about the loan products offered by entities on a school’s “preferred lender” list. Such information must include the disclosure of competitive interest rates, terms, and conditions of federal loans; high quality loan servicing; or additional benefits beyond the standard terms and conditions for such loans.

• The process through which students execute Master Promissory Notes preserves a student’s right to select the lender of his or her choice.

• Lenders who are included in a “preferred lender” list disclosure agreements to sell their loans to other entities.

• The selection of lenders for inclusion on a “preferred lender” list is based solely on the best interests of the students and parents who may rely on such a list.