30 Sep CAPFAA Fall Training Save-the-Date!
The CAPFAA Training Committee is finalizing details for the Fall Training…Information will be coming soon! Anticipated Date: November 1st! Pencil it in on your calendars! ...
30 Sep College Goal Sunday Events in October!
Due to EARLY FAFSA, with its earlier 2017-2018 FAFSA processing schedule, College Goal Sunday events will be held in OCTOBER, not in January as in past years. Your help is needed! Please choose an event from the many listed on the College Goal Sunday CT website and...
30 Sep Study Shows Student Debt Holding Back Household Formation
By John Zurick, President and CEO, American Student Assistance Over the summer, the National Association of Realtors released the results of a new survey that shows the impact of student loans on borrowers’ housing situation. The survey, which was completed by 3,230 student loan borrowers...
30 Sep 10 Tips for Better Communication with Borrowers
By Suzanne Angheloni, Student Connections, USA Funds As financial aid professionals, we know reaching out to borrowers in various stages of repayment is an important part of reducing or maintaining your institution’s cohort default rate. Here are some tips to improve your borrower outreach: Create a strategy...
30 Sep 4 Questions to Boost Your Entrance Counseling
By Suzanne Angheloni, Student Connections, USA Funds Entrance counseling is an important area that is sometimes overlooked. Here are some questions to consider as you are thinking of ways to enhance your school’s entrance counseling. Do you have the resources to do one-on-one, in-person counseling? This...
30 Sep Protect Your Privacy Online: Ten Easy Steps for Starters
by Brenda McCafferty, Sr. Financial Literacy Trainer, ECMC Recently on NBC Nightly News, James B. Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was interviewed about what he does to protect his privacy online. To my amazement, his response included a piece of tape across his...
30 Sep From the CAPFAA Winter Conference Committee
We’re in a “New York state of mind!” at the 2016 Winter Conference! Get ready for a New venue, New agenda, and New faces. Not only will we have federal updates from Washington, D.C. and NASFAA training sessions, we will also be taking you to...
30 Sep COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY CONNECTICUT – Providing FAFSA Support for Families for Over Nine Years
By Ivette Rivera-Dreyer, Director of Financial Aid, Manchester Community College In 2007, Connecticut became a member of a national initiative called College Goal Sunday (CGS). The purpose of this yearly event is to offer students and their parents’ one-on-one, expert advice on how to complete the...
30 Sep Tips for Preparing Your Kids for College
by Cecelia Dwyer, College Ave It's back to school time, and parents everywhere are trying to figure out how to best prepare their kids as they go off to college. Starting your kids on the right track can help them make good choices about spending, saving,...
30 Sep EASFAA Offering NASFAA Credential Courses
The EASFAA Training Committee is excited to be offering NASFAA Credential courses throughout the upcoming year, beginning with Application Process on Tuesday, October 11 and Tuesday, November 1. The courses will be offered to EASFAA members for a $35 fee per module. The $35 includes...