Carolyn Jones

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Fun ways to invite the students to take ownership of their loans?

Thank you very much! This is a great template to build off of and make it customized towards our school. I know this will benefit our students greatly and we could enhance our students' orientation experience as well.

Carolyn Jones

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Fun ways to invite the students to take ownership of their loans?

Financial Aid CAN be fun for the students. I agree the Financial Aid jeopardy game is win-win. There are a lot of myths surrounding financial aid and this will definitely allow the students to not only grasp the concepts, but to be own the understanding they have about it as well. This is great!!

Carolyn Jones

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Fun ways to invite the students to take ownership of their loans?

Implementing these ideas will allow the students to have fun while they're in school instead of going through the motions of completing required financial aid documents. A lot of students understand the basic concepts, and the staff and faculty seeing what their perception is will allow us to build on that and make their learning experience a little more complete

Carolyn Jones

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Fun ways to invite the students to take ownership of their loans?

I do notice that students take out loans when they can, knowing it could help pay their program costs for the periods they are enrolled in, but don't always "care". What ways has your school's faculty and/or staff helped in getting the students involved in taking ownership of their loans in the beginning of their enrollment so they do care about their future debt? I LOVE the idea of having a poster contest for the students to explain their rights and responsibilities and importance of paying the student loans back. I truly think this will give the faculty and staff… >>>