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Financial Aid and Pricing

Events

Greenlight Equity Collaborative CBO Regional Summits

August 11, 2022

The CBO Regional Summits will virtually connect CBO leaders and Equity Collaborative members for thought-provoking dialogue and reflection.

More Than Financial Resources: Strategic Opportunities and Threats Presented by the American Rescue Plan

March 10, 2021

We’ll analyze the American Rescue Plan and provide strategic guidance to institutions as they navigate the additional funds and stipulations.

Research and Services

Alternative Pricing Strategies for Colleges and Universities

December 11, 2020

The pricing landscape today is challenging. College and universities face acute financial pressures, and families are struggling to afford college. This resource provides in-depth analyses of alternative pricing strategies, as well as a disciplined decision guide to help college and university leaders determine whether to pursue a given strategy.

3 Timely Financial Aid Strategies to Reduce Student Stress

March 19, 2020

Learn how financial aid strategies like bursar hold forgiveness and emergency grants can eliminate financial stress for your students.

Creating a College Affordability Academy

March 18, 2020

The college financing system is rarely transparent and easily understood by prospective students and their families, least of all by those most in need of this information—low-income and first-generation college students. Learn how Robert Morris University created a training initiative for admissions and student support staff to improve transparency around college affordability.

Get the Most from Allocating and Communicating Financial Aid

December 13, 2019

It can be a challenge to use financial aid strategically to achieve certain institutional goals. Read our Roadmap to discover how to maximize the allocation of financial aid at your college or university to improve access, headcount, tuition revenue, or student success.

Quick Reads

What You Need to Know: Preparing for the New FAFSA

March 31, 2023

This insight brief offers expert guidance on navigating upcoming FAFSA changes and maximizing financial aid opportunities for students.

Why Colleges Use Data Analytics to Inform Financial Aid Strategy

April 18, 2022

Through a process known as “financial aid optimization” (or FAO), colleges work to provide a viable path to and through higher education for students from all backgrounds and economic circumstances while balancing that effort against the challenge of maintaining their own financial viability.

3 aid policy questions to consider amid the shift to the new Student Aid Index

July 27, 2021

See three strategic aid policy questions to consider with the new Student Aid Index. Plus, prepare a communication plan that helps you get out ahead of the questions that students and parents already have about what’s coming.

Roadmaps

Get the Most from Allocating and Communicating Financial Aid

December 13, 2019

Minimize Financial Attrition

December 3, 2019

Clearly Communicate Price and Financial Aid

September 30, 2019

Experts

Carol Stack

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Nathan Mueller

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Sarah Parrott

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