Financial Aid

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Impact of Title IV fraud

Nancy Mann Jackson
June, 2017

​Criminals who receive financial aid fraudulently basically steal money from bona fide students and institutions.

Title IV fraud detection

Nancy Mann Jackson
June, 2017
Three actions for school administrators to take when spotting fraud.

The growth of online education has brought a wave of what’s often referred to as Title IV fraud, in reference to the federal student aid program.

Full-time student benefits, even for part-time students

Stefanie Botelho
June, 2017

It’s known that full-time students graduate more quickly and more often than do their part-time counterparts. But what about students who fluctuate between full- and part-time status?

Analyze student data for real progress in student success

Dawn Papandrea
June, 2017
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT—At The University of Arizona, academic advisors know that every student matters when it comes to retention, not just because each individual’s success is important but also because they realize that retaining just a few extra students raises overall retention rates.

There’s no doubt that higher ed institutions have access to tons of student data these days, but what separates actionable insights from analytics overload?

Early FAFSA deadline: Student finance changes

Roberto Santizo
June, 2017
Roberto A. Santizo is a senior enrollment management consultant with Ruffalo Noel Levitz.

In a survey, nearly two-thirds of private institutions and about half of publics indicated they would attempt to provide financial aid packages earlier than usual.

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Web Seminars

Preparing Your Campus for the Emerging Payment World

3/30/2017

Meeting Financial Aid Disbursement Needs for Millennials

2/16/2017

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6/28/2017

Payment Plans That Drive Student Success

While students have a variety of options when it comes to paying for college, making unwise financial decisions can lead to negative consequences for the student as well as the institution. Overborrowing, poor planning and budgeting, and misunderstanding financial aid can create seemingly insurmountable debt that can affect academic performance, push students to leave school before completion, and burden them long after graduation.  

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6/22/2017

Improving How Higher Ed Does Business

Higher education is in the midst of significant change. Institutions are under pressure to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of operations while providing responsive, quality services to students. Many college and university leaders are turning to transformative technologies such as electronic forms, workflow automation and enterprise content management (ECM) to help them overcome these challenges.

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06/2017

Strategies for Moving to a Unified Academic Video Platform

UB Custom Publishing
Like many institutions, Yale University first adopted academic video at a departmental level. This proved the potential of video as a study aid, but also created a number of challenges, including requiring administrators to maintain a complex web of disconnected media storage solutions, and forcing students to learn multiple systems for accessing their recorded lessons. As video became an increasingly relied-upon pedagogical tool for both online and on-campus learning, it was determined that the university should transition to a unified media platform. 
Technology
06/2017

Designing & 3D Printing in Education Using the Full Color Stratasys J750

UB Custom Publishing

In this webcast, an instructor from East Stroudsburg University (Penn.) described how she is using the Stratasys J750 3D Printer in coursework, through projects such as environmental designs, branding championship, medical problem-solving and more. She also discussed how full-color 3D printing can enable learning in art and design, presented some examples of student projects, and outlined some of the benefits of having a 3D printing lab on campus.

Technology
06/2017

Improving communication with students, one text message at a time

UB Custom Publishing

Ian Mortimer was searching for a way to make communication with prospective students at Nazareth College in western New York easier without picking up the phone or sending an email. 

“One of the problems we were facing was having that one-way connection,” says Mortimer, who is vice president for Enrollment Management at Nazareth. “We wanted to find something so we could have a conversation versus just a one-way connection.” 

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