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The Momentum Window: Financial Aid Packaging Starts Before the FAFSA
For students, financial aid isn’t just paperwork—it’s the gateway to their education. For institutions, it’s a race against time to deliver funding and give students the confidence they need to choose your institution. So how do you ensure your financial aid packaging process runs smoothly when the clock starts ticking? You start before it starts. […]
Navigating Summer Melt in Higher Education
According to the Brookings Institution, 10-20% of high school seniors who are admitted to a college and indicate that they intend to attend never actually show up on the first day of class. This drop in enrollment is well known in the higher ed industry as the summer melt phenomenon. According to the Enrollify.org Blog, […]
I Will Survive… A Program Review!
I’ve had the pleasure of surviving and conquering a program review by the Department of Education. Ahead of their scheduled visit, there was a call from ED in August saying, “Congratulations, you are the lucky winner of a program review to be conducted in September.” Of course, it was the same week the annual audit […]