by Carissa Willcoxon | Jan 26, 2023 | Current Affairs, Sponsor Resources
What is Award Displacement? Award displacement is the practice of a college/university reducing the amount of financial aid for a student due to other financial awards received. This can be a third party, private scholarship or tuition assistance from an...
by Carissa Willcoxon | Jan 26, 2023 | Current Affairs, Sponsor Resources
In the spirit of National Data Privacy Day – established in the United States in 2014 and recognized each year on January 28 – we are sharing the top 5 critical practices and protocols we use to protect client and student data: SOC Certification ISTS is SOC 2 Type 2...
by Carissa Willcoxon | Jan 1, 2023 | Sponsor Resources
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) occupies an ever more visible role in corporate and educational settings, and rightly so. For scholarship providers, this offers an opportunity to provide funds that allow students from marginalized backgrounds to pursue higher...
by Carissa Willcoxon | Nov 14, 2022 | Current Affairs, Latest News, Sponsor Resources
We are pleased to announce that we are transitioning to a digital process for clients to pay their administrative fees and program funds! This approach is eco-friendly and cost effective by eliminating paper check processing, plus it reduces the risk for fraudulent...
by Carissa Willcoxon | Feb 25, 2022 | Current Affairs, Sponsor Resources
Define Your Ideal Recipient Analyze your program goals and clearly identify who the “ideal” candidate is for your program. This may be the best all-around applicant with various service activities as well as academic success or this may be the applicant who...
by Carissa Willcoxon | Nov 17, 2021 | Current Affairs, Sponsor Resources
What is Mail Privacy Protection? Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection, or MPP, is a new feature introduced by the tech giant as part of the September 20, 2021 release of iOS15, the current version of its operating system for iPhone and iPod Touch products. As...
