UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)   November 15, 2005
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                                  Nelnet, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            Nebraska                   001-31924             84-0748903
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  (State of other jurisdiction        (Commission          (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)              File Number)      Identification No.)


121 South 13th Street, Suite 201, Lincoln, Nebraska                 68508     
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               (Address of principal executive offices)            (ZipCode)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (402) 458-2370       
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ITEM 2.03.  CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER
            AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

        Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC ("Nelnet Funding"), Nelnet Education
Loan Funding, Inc. and NHELP-III, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of National
Education Loan Network, Inc. National Education Loan Network, Inc. is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Nelnet, Inc.

        On November 15, 2005, Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2005-4 (the "Trust"), of
which Nelnet Funding is the Depositor, and Zions First National Bank, in its
capacity as Trustee and as Eligible Lender Trustee, executed and delivered an
Indenture of Trust dated as of November 1, 2005, pursuant to which the Trust
issued $1,929,600,000 of Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes (the "Notes").

        The Trust used proceeds from the sale of the Notes to purchase student
loans originated under the Federal Family Education Loan Program from Nelnet
Funding. A portion of the student loans the Trust acquired were purchased from
Nelnet Education Loan Funding, Inc. and NHELP-III, Inc. by Nelnet Funding.

        A description of the transaction and the documents executed in
connection with the transaction are included in the Trust's Form 8-K (Reg. No.
333-118566-04) filed on November 18, 2005.

                                   SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  November 18, 2005
                                            NELNET, INC.


                                            By: /s/  Terry J. Heimes
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                                            Name:  Terry J. Heimes
                                            Title: Chief Financial Officer