An Alternative Solution to Fit Our Goals and Utilizing Available Resources
Alternatively, more cost effective options are available, considering that the resources are already at our disposal. After careful consideration and investigating different options, we need the assistance of your division to reach as many students as possible, by promoting the tools and services that are available to assist our student’s financial needs.
Student Affairs is appealing to Student Life for assistance because of your already strong relationships and outreach programs with students. While your department has the reputation of directly involving students through your events, our section finds it more difficult to connect with the students in such
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We are appealing to your division as Student Life is already at the forefront of the student’s lives. We need your assistance to help make our students become knowledgeable about the tools they can use to manage their finances. Student Life is already involved with our freshman at orientation and we would appreciate if you can incorporate 15 to 30 minutes into the orientation presentation about what financial tools and services the university has to offer. We might not want to disseminate too much information at orientation, as it might seem overwhelming at that point to the students. We only want to bring these resources to our student’s attention, informing them about upcoming events for money management throughout the year.
We can reach other students that we do not connect with at orientation, through online promotions, such as Facebook and Twitter, on campus advertising, word of mouth, and events about developing money management skills. Again, the relevant marketing material is already at our disposal through CashCourse®, however, we need the assistance of your team to help distribute and advertise the services.
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Another interesting feature through CashCourse® is that they offer scavenger hunts. Student life could promote the scavenger hunt and assist with the execution of the events. The goal is to help students become familiar with the program throughout each
Student affairs is less about being a bottomless well of knowledge, rather it is about having genuine interactions with students who are looking to you to as a role model. If by the end of my practice I can leverage my experiences and understanding to make a positive impact on the world through my relationships with my students, I will consider myself a success.
Inform students and their family about what federal student aid programs are available for them and letting them know how to apply and get help from these programs.
In addition to my experience in advising and student affairs, I have also worked as a professional in financial aid for the past eight years. During my time in financial aid I have seen first-hand the challenges students face with the cost of obtaining a higher education degree. My role in financial aid has evolved over my career while exploring the theoretical
V. Explain to individuals and groups the details of financial assistance available to college and university students, such as loans, grants, and scholarships.
This paper is separated into two parts that are connected. The first part will cover my beliefs about higher education focusing on my Student Affairs philosophy while integrating theories and work from current or previous successful Student Affairs professionals. The second part will also discuss my beliefs, foundation of my faith, my strengths, my challenges, my beliefs, my values, and my goals.
Attention Step: Haley Edwards, author of the article titled “But Can America Afford This Approach to Solving Student Debt?”, from the Time magazine, published November 30, 2015, tells a story of a woman named Allison Minks, who owes an amount of $99,326 in federal student loans. Mink is a 35-year-old mother of two and her full-time job as a counselor at a nonprofit clinic does not begin to cover her student loan debt. Tired of being in debt, Mink went searching for a solution and she found a program that says if she works in public service, she can get loan forgiveness after just 10 years. In other words, because of this program, Minks now pays an affordable amount each month and she’ll be scot-free before she is 45. But, Mink is only covered
The development of students both inside and outside the classroom can best be nurtured through student affairs. As a student affairs practitioner, and former at risk student, I believe that a student’s engagement
This can be done on meeting on a monthly basis so that students can be current with the latest trends in the finical market. Affinity Plus can also offer to be a part of the major conferences that are hosted by these organizations from the months of October – March. These conferences are extremely educational and reach a massive audience throughout the campus. Affinity plus can also offer or make aware of special rates on savings accounts, student loans and so forth, with the help of these on-campus organizations. Students are constantly receiving terrible rates from other banks around the Minnesota region and they then end up leaving college $50,000 dollars and more in debt. Students never know about something beneficial until it’s too late, and I’m sure that most of these organizations will be more than willing to help their members receive the financial literacy they
The first two chapters of this book set the background for student development and how theory has evolved over the years. As time passed and college student demographics changed, new ideas and views were developed to understand the ever changing student body. Theorists realized that the college experience was different between demographic groups. Being able to develop student affairs practices and activities that can reach the different student groups is probably the biggest challenge a student affairs professional will tackle. It is said that student development is most achieved by involvement by the students. This means that these activities must be designed to accommodate students from all walks of life.
The areas of marketing that Huntington Bank struggles with and may fail in is appealing to parents. It would be a great marketing concept for them to appeal parents for college funds or take it further for parents with young
As the cost of education increases, many students search for assistance to help cover that cost. That form of assistance could come from burdensome financial aid or a scholarship that provides the student with an education free from debt. That’s why I am writing you today Mr. Alan Hall on behalf of the Student Scholarship Committee, bellow we have outlined the (1) the benefits to the student, (2) the benefits to you, and (3) how you can take action to help.
Debt is one of the few aggravators in life that does not go away easily. Many things that stress us such as car accidents, divorce, financial crisis, etc. happen and then they are over but that is not the case with debt. People work hard to manage their debts but in some cases even that is not enough. This is why it is important to understand the nature of your debt and use your resources efficiently to pay off your debts on time.
My work in student affairs provides significant opportunity to contemplate, implement and assess initiatives related to student success and retention. My current research is connected to peer education and the 1st year experience and I have active and growing experience in the needs assessment and
Most Americans today consistently spend about 20% more than they make. This is not sustainable. Here is how to break the cycle:
In 1995 James Wolfensohn was appointed president of the World Bank. With this new opportunity he designed a plan in hopes of reducing poverty through debt forgiveness. The plan was called the highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative Countries would be eligible for this plan if they had unsustainable debt, debt ranging from 200-250% of their export earnings. The first stage of HIPC involved a structural adjustment for 3 years until the Decision Point was reached, if the debt was still unsustainable there would be a 67% cancellation. The country would then enter stage two which included another 3 years of adjustment until the completion point, 80% debt reduction and debt owed to the IMF would be cancelled by taking out of the HIPC