Consultant Insights

Shifting Ground Part 3: The Staffing Crisis in Financial Aid: A Strategic Risk Hiding in Plain Sight

A Silent Crisis with Loud Consequences Higher education is facing a crisis that too often goes unspoken: the collapse of the financial aid talent pipeline. More professionals are leaving the field than entering, and the trend shows no sign of slowing. This isn’t a temporary staffing challenge — it’s a long-term structural decline that threatens […]

Enrollment Rebound and History of Survival 

Sean Hudson – Consultant – Financial Aid Services  I recently received a LinkedIn announcement stating that one of my former schools has its largest freshman class this fall since the pandemic. I welcomed this positive news. College enrollment is still below pre-pandemic levels, but it seems to be trending upward over the last couple of […]

Shifting Ground Part 2: Financial Aid and the New Economics of Aid

Higher education is entering a new era of financial pressure, and federal aid is at the center of the shift. The recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” represents the most sweeping set of changes in decades—and the implications for institutions, students, and families are profound. What’s Changing in Federal Aid Key provisions of the bill […]

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