Overcoming Student Disengagement: 3 Signs You Need to Switch Up Your Strategy
Why are statistics showing decreased student satisfaction and retention despite colleges and universities prioritizing these areas? The answer has to do with how they are (or are not) engaging students…
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Financial Literacy
Inspiring Responsible Borrowing
I can hear my father’s voice in my head: “Get a job while you’re in college. I paid off my whole year’s tuition with the ...
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Financial Literacy
Planning for Financial Literacy Month
As the month of April approaches, now is a great time to begin considering your plans for Financial Literacy Month and how you will be ...
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Operations
The Benefits of a Growth Mindset
One of the personal satisfactions in working in financial aid is the ability to directly impact a person’s life. Whether it’s being a mentor, advising ...
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Engagement
5 Tips to Get Students to Read SAP Emails
Are you concerned that your students are not reading their SAP emails? With just a little effort, you may be able to increase how many ...
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Operations
Improve Communication Through Listening
Communicating effectively involves not only speaking well, but also listening well. Below are a few tips on how to listen more effectively to improve your ...
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Enrollment
3 Financial Literacy Strategies That Support Student Retention
How important is student enrollment to your school? For certain institutions, it’s life or death. For others, it’s a recent phenomenon due to current economic ...
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Engagement
3 Ideas to Increase Attention to Your Communications
Tired of your students complaining of TLDR (too long; didn’t read) syndrome? Financial aid professionals well understand the frustration of trying to engage short attention ...
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Operations
4 Components of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
We probably all know someone who has the ability to not only listen in a caring way and also a master at managing his/her emotions. ...
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Financial Literacy
7 Times to Weave Money Management Tips throughout the School Year
Weaving in money management concepts into various times of the life-cycle of a student can enhance students’ understanding of the concepts at critical junctures. Here ...
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Engagement
3 Tips to Improve Your Websites for Students with Disabilities
The amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act mandates that federal websites be accessible for disabled individuals and encourages organizations receiving federal funds to do ...
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SAP
4 Ideas to Improve SAP Communications
Since many of us are drawing to the end of another enrollment period, we are reviewing our Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) communications in anticipation of ...
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Operations
5 Steps to Addressing Conflict in the Workplace
Conflict naturally arises in any workplace between colleagues and offices. It’s how you address conflict that speaks volumes versus its existence. Consider these steps to ...
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Operations
Conflict Management Strategy: Collaboration
The definition of Conflict Management from www.businessdictionary.com is, “The practice of recognizing and dealing with disputes in a rational, balanced and effective way.” Conflict management implemented within ...
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Financial Literacy
5 Techniques to Change Financial Behaviors
Many of us have established bad financial habits. Breaking financial patterns can be made easier with some tried and tested behavioral modification techniques. 1. Prompt ...
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Operations
Connecting Budget Requests to Institutional Goals
Conveying the importance of a new expense to the folks who hold the purse strings can be a tough task. To get the attention of ...
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