Consultant Insights

The Financial Aid Operating Calendar – It’s a Date and More

By: Staff Financial aid offices keep track of dozens, even hundreds, of important dates.  These range from application processing cycles, regulatory reporting deadlines, and software updates to campus visitation events, staff meetings, and even personnel vacation requests.  So, a financial aid operations calendar gives institutions a real advantage.  It empowers the financial aid office to […]

Guidance on 1098-T and Pandemic Relief (HEERF) Funds

By: Christy Blakney, Student Business Services (SBS) Consultant First, The Good News Collecting and reporting correct information on IRS Form 1098-T seems to continually cause challenges. The good news is that there are no substantive changes to reporting for the 2022 tax year and past year challenges for properly reporting pandemic relief (HEERF) funds have […]

A FAS-Track to New Academic Year Setup

By: Lisa Seals, Senior Consultant Ready for the New Academic Year? Getting ready for a new academic year can be a time of reflection or pulling your hair out.  It’s a time to determine what has worked well, what could be improved, and what must totally be re-evaluated or reinvented. Where to Start? All Student […]

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