Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Dr. Yoshiko Harden While Scott’s investment in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is well-documented, her contributions to community colleges have not received as much attention. Northeast College’s College Access Scholarship and Renton Technical College’s McCarthy Bridge Grant program are two examples.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. Undocumented students make up nearly 10% of Oglethorpe’s degree-seeking student body.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 21, 2025

For private and independent K12 schools, financial aid is more than just a line itemits a mission-critical tool for ensuring access, diversity, and long-term sustainability. Are updates live as family documents are verified? Look for solutions that let multiple stakeholders access reporting thats relevant to them. The result?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 23, 2025

Tampa, FL, January 23, 2025 VenturEd Solutions, a leading provider of cloud-based admissions, financial aid, student lifecycle, and payment solutions for schools, is proud to announce a significant enhancement to its financial aid product, School and Student Services (SSS).

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Thats where the Financial Aid Assistant (FAA) program by School and Student Services (SSS) comes in. Designed specifically for private and independent K-12 schools, FAA removes administrative burdens, ensures award accuracy, and supports familieshelping schools optimize aid allocation and attract the right students.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 1, 2025

With a commitment to both academic excellence and access for all, this prestigious boarding and day school awarded $11.2 Heres how The Peddie School, with the help of School and Student Services (SSS) and NAIS methodology, is rewriting the playbook for financial aidand what your school can learn from their success.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 25, 2025

The Challenge: Balancing Accuracy with Efficiency Traditionally, financial aid officers have faced an uphill battle: gathering accurate family income information, verifying documents, and assessing needall while providing personalized guidance to families. Many are new to the process and may feel overwhelmed by the documentation requirements.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These trends underscore the growing commitment of independent schools to support families and enhance accessibility to quality education. While financial aid is essential for keeping private schools diverse and accessible, the administrative workload that comes with processing all these applications can quickly become overwhelming.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 4, 2025

In todays ever-evolving enrollment landscape, financial aid professionals are being asked to do more with lessprovide equitable access, protect institutional integrity, streamline complex processes, and support families in real time. Youll have access to all IRS data, Benson explained. Its a tall order. Its fully transparent.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 2, 2025

Heres how your school can prepareand why partnering with School and Student Services (SSS), powered by TaxStatus , puts you a step ahead. To promote equitable access: Use a consistent, objective assessment tool like SSS. Traditional document collection can delay awards and create administrative burdens for families.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 15, 2025

For example: This workshop will walk families through the steps of applying for financial aid, explain how awards are determined, and answer live questions about timelines and documentation. In-person events offer face time and relationship building, while webinars provide accessibility and on-demand value.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

Faculty and staff needed ways to easily communicate and access student data in one place so they had the shared context they needed to meaningfully help students. To realize their mission to support the success of every student, every day, Northwest’s leaders fostered a shared culture of holistic student care.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

Sessions on innovative approaches to financial aid and tuition modeling provided administrators with new strategies to make financial aid more accessible and efficient. Discussions on fostering diversity, equity, and belonging emphasized the importance of inclusive school communities and the impact of policy decisions on student success.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 12, 2025

With TaxStatus’ advanced IRS integration, SSS provides schools with immediate access to verified financial data while safeguarding families through secure identity verification methods, including ID.me.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 11, 2025

A well-structured financial aid program attracts and retains mission-driven students and families while maintaining a balance between affordability and tuition revenue. As tuition costs rise and demand for financial assistance grows, financial aid directors play a pivotal role in making private education accessible.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 14, 2025

This exclusive event brought together financial aid directors, heads of schools, admissions and enrollment directors to celebrate a groundbreaking partnership between TaxStatus and School and Student Services (SSS)a collaboration transforming financial aid processing for private K-12 schools across the country.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 11, 2022

You can even increase the lifetime value of your students. At School and Student Services, we understand how important it is to keep your financial aid folders clean, and we offer a K-12 Select Software Suite that can help. Declutter the excess paper, purge old documents and get your “house” in order.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 20, 2024

Did you know the Financial Aid Assistant (FAA) program by School and Student Services (SSS) helps remove obstacles, complete efficient reviews, and support families during the financial aid process? Wouldn’t it be amazing to streamline this process, free up valuable time, and even attract more students in the process?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 31, 2022

From gathering a slew of personal documents, to application tracking and making decisions—everyone feels the pressure when things aren’t running smoothly. . Waiting to request important documents until awarding season can leave your financial aid staff feeling frantic. Considering the Switch to Early Awarding?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 12, 2024

Juggling spreadsheets, chasing missing documents, and stressing over award decisions? Accessing documents and financial data should streamline the review process and free up valuable time. Feeling like you’re drowning in a sea of paperwork while families anxiously wait for their fate?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Reaching out to prospective families demonstrates a school’s commitment to making education accessible to all students and ensuring financial barriers do not prevent qualified students from pursuing their academic goals. Bilingual support helps increase the diversity of the student body. Let us walk you through a demo!

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Deadlines and required documents vary by school, so make sure to stay informed about the application process and timeline. What Documents Will I Need? Business ownership documents, reflecting income and commercial valuation. Read the process to upload supporting documents on SSS here.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Results Interviews with staff covered innovative and ongoing strategies to improve student accessibility. Schools have updated strategies around how they fund financial support, evaluate student needs, and apply tuition reductions to create more equitable and inclusive policies. Rethinking funding and policies.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Role of Financial Aid One of the most significant challenges facing international students is the cost of attending a US private school. Financial aid plays a crucial role in making these schools accessible to a wider range of students. Sign up for a demo today and learn how SSS can benefit your school.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 12, 2023

Without open communication, families with potential private school students may not understand that your school strives to be accessible and socioeconomically diverse. Private schools often market to middle-income families, where the institution is more accessible. Financial Aid Management With School & Student Services.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Or tried uploading and submitting documents through your financial aid software ? Premium School and Student Services (SSS) members get access to their Financial Aid Forum to ask questions and find support. . Then, acknowledge it while being attentive, helpful, and communicating clearly. .

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Civitas Learning

JULY 11, 2024

Building a Student Success Model that Supports Students and Generates Revenue Learn how to shift from one-size-fits-all to an institution-specific approach to student success to quickly respond to the evolving needs of a diverse student population. Read the Blog 2. Read the Blog 3. Read the Blog 4.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Financial aid processing solutions that offer automated document verification, self-service capability, secure data management, and privacy protection for families’ financial information offer those advantages to K-12 private and independent schools.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Using multiple systems for your data creates data silos, which can cause issues such as: Misplaced or otherwise hard-to-access data. This metric can illuminate the accessibility of your institution and potentially reveal areas where you could improve to attract more mission-appropriate students. Exceeding storage capacity.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With GiveSmart’s Giving Tuesday toolkit , you get access to dozens of ideas, templates, and free resources to ensure a successful giving season. Request a Demo From School and Student Services (SSS). Speedy document verification. Immediate access to documents. Easy application monitoring.

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COE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Schedule a demo empower ’ s individual student services tracking goes beyond grades and testing, providing insights into financial aid, application status, and other crucial data. Recording notes about our students is now a breeze, ensuring that every counseling session and important detail is documented.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood. The importance of workforce development for non-degree seeking Black male students will be explored.

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Timely MD

MAY 2, 2023

Respecting correct names and pronouns This can be as simple as empowering students to indicate their correct name and pronouns on official records and documents or change their name on class rosters and other materials. These services should be staffed by mental health professionals who have experience working with transgender clients.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As a dedicated partner in your students’ success, School & Student Services (SSS) is here to help you streamline the application process and ensure a smooth experience for both your institution and your students. This may include regular check-ins, access to resources, and opportunities for feedback.

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