by Harry Weber | May 3, 2016 | FAFSA, Spring
People with good academic ideas often don’t consult their financial aid officer before beginning their new venture. That oversight can cost the school and the person with the great idea valuable time, money, and wasted effort. Federal regulations are sometimes ridged,...
by Harry Weber | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, FAFSA, Winter
Students are not only smart, they can be industriously unethical too. Some have learned how to attend a school just long enough to get financial aid and then leave the school to attend another school to repeat the offense. These students fraudulently receive grant...
by Harry Weber | Oct 16, 2015 | 2015, FAFSA, Fall
The purpose of this presentation is to remind institutions of the US, Department of Education’s (ED) requirements for implementing various Title IV policies, procedures, and disclosures to students. Each year a school must distribute to all enrolled students a notice...
by Harry Weber | Jun 6, 2015 | 2015, FAFSA, Summer
It was not an uncommon mistake. When Yellowstone Christian College (YCC) achieved candidacy with their accrediting agency, they chose a highly recommended third party servicer to help with the complexity of launching Federal Student Financial Aid. They expected the...
by Harry Weber | Nov 26, 2014 | Academics, FAFSA, Winter
“Our job is to educate, and any involvement with Financial Aid will just complicate our mission.” Historically, that has been the mindset of academia in general and the administrative divisions of colleges, universities and seminaries, in particular. This is...
