Simplifying Financial Aid Communications

10/05/21 • 19 min

Student Centricity: A Podcast For Higher Ed Professionals

Financial Aid Communications can often impact both student enrollment and student borrowing, but what changed should you make? Research shows that these communications can often be overly complicated and filled with financial aid acronyms that are foreign to students and parents. However, there is a road to helping the intended audiences increase their understanding of the information.
Join us as we explore the current state of Financial Aid Communications as witnessed by our institutional consultants and student financial coaches and, offer clear recommendations to make Financial Aid Communications more student centered in language, presentation, and timing.

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