By Peter Terebesi, President and Founder, Higher Ed Executives Looking for inspiration as you head to the beach this summer? We’ve got you covered with ten of our favorite reads in our summer reading list. Consider this for your summer reading list. We’ve culled a few great recommendations from...
By Joseph Jovell, Senior Marketing Associate at Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America, and young people between the ages of 18-24 are the most likely to be affected. We've compiled a list of tips for you to...
By David Johnson, Student Connections Whenever I’m working with faculty and administrators on student success plans, as soon as I bring up financial literacy, everyone turns to the financial aid office for ownership, development and delivery. There are many reasons why. Often, we assume that financial...
By David Johnson, Student Connections Students want to get a college degree but they are not confident they’ll be able to afford getting all the way through. The Ruffalo Noel Levitz 2016 Motivation to Complete College Report found that more than 50 percent of first-year students...
Submitted By Brenda McCafferty, Outreach Manager, ECMC Most students are focused on their education, studying, exams and just enjoying their college experience. Their loans and the fact they have to repay them are placed on the back burner until they come closer to graduation. For students who withdraw...
Submitted by Kristin Hawley-Johnson, Director of Business Development, Sallie Mae How America Pays for College 2017 is a national study by Sallie Mae® and Ipsos. It looks at undergraduate families' attitudes toward college, how much they spent, and the sources they used to pay for it. Here are...