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Latest Innovation Posts
Navigating the Maze of FAFSA Delays: Understanding your Next StepsFebruary 6, 2024 - 4:52 pm
Preparing for the 2024-25 Award Year: Understanding the FAFSA Simplification ActDecember 28, 2023 - 2:41 pm
Challenges Deserve Solutions Master Class Episode 4: ‘Just in Time’ to ‘2 Steps Ahead’ on ComplianceOctober 18, 2023 - 3:27 pm
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Are You Ready for the New Financial Value Transparency/Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) Requirements?April 18, 2024 - 3:59 pm
Skarr Earns Nationally Recognized Financial Aid Administrator CertificationApril 12, 2024 - 2:58 pm
FAS Helps Marymount University Keep Performance at a High Level
Challenge Marymount is a comprehensive Catholic university that offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degrees through the Schools of Design, Arts, Humanities, Business and Technology, Sciences, Mathematics, Education, and the Malek School of Health Professions. With its Arlington, Va., location, students have a wide variety of internship opportunities in Washington, D.C., from Capitol […]
FAS Puts Pieces of Puzzle Together at Clarkson College
Challenge Founded in 1888 as Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing, Clarkson College is now one of the most thriving allied health care colleges in the region. Located in Omaha, NE, the College has doubled its enrollment over the past decade. When the College needed an interim financial aid director, Controller Megan Wickless-Mulder called on […]
The Timing of Issuing a Federal Credit Balance & Recovering Unclaimed Federal Funds
Issuing a Federal Credit Balance After the start of a term when student aid (including federal aid) has been disbursed to student accounts, most business offices issue credit balances to students within 14 days. That is, 14 calendar days, not business days. Why 14 days? A federal regulation[i] [ii]requires a school to pay directly to […]