Webinar | Sneaking Mindfulness into Real Life for Higher Ed Professionals

Webinar
Sneaking Mindfulness into Real Life for Higher Ed Professionals

Recorded on: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speaker: Daron Larson

 

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Mindfulness may sound like a trendy buzzword that has more to do with yoga than higher education, but what if it could be used to help higher ed professionals decompress, handle work stress, and better serve students? And even if it did, who has the time?

It can, you do, and mindfulness coach Daron Larson brings his expertise to Inceptia’s spring webinar series to explain how.

Just as physical exercise strengthens the body, mindfulness strengthens attention. Yet despite what you may have heard, this doesn’t have to be a time-consuming task that takes weeks or months to master. Discover how exercising your attention – with or without meditation – can develop capacities for relating more effectively to the challenges of modern life, all while looking for ways to sneak mindfulness into some of the things we're already doing.

In this one-hour webinar, Daron will educate us on mindfulness benefits and application by:

  • Exploring how small behavioral changes lead to significant results over time
  • Learning how to add mindful awareness to existing habits and activities
  • Developing a simple, personal plan for incorporating a mindful awareness habit into your routine

Learn more about our guest speaker: Mindfulness coach Daron Larson uses what people already know about physical fitness to help them navigate the challenges of mindfulness practice — an idea he explored in his TEDxColumbus Talk: Don't Try to Be Mindful

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Webinar | Verification: What We Have Learned, What We Recommend and How We Can Best Help Students

Webinar
Verification
What We Have Learned, What We Recommend and How We Can Best Help Students

Recorded on: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speakers: Deana Unger, Vice President of Financial Aid Operations, Inceptia
Dr. Scott Lapinski, Director of Financial Aid, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Verification—it strikes fear into the hearts of not only students but financial aid administrators everywhere. This cumbersome process can test the limits of any financial aid office and can lead to the unfortunate delay of educational goals for students who become overwhelmed in the process. Having processed thousands of verifications for schools across the country, Deana Unger will present a critical reflection on current trends, challenges, and opportunities, with the goal of significantly improving the user experience and combating verification melt. Scott Lapinski will join in as we share insights on top verification errors, student inquiries, recommendations for efficient processes, and student support tips including a use case from the University of Texas at Tyler.

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Webinar | Strategic Enrollment Management: Leveraging Financial Aid by the Numbers

Webinar
Strategic Enrollment Management
Leveraging Financial Aid by the Numbers

Recorded on: Thursday, November 7, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speakers: Scott Cline, Vice President of Enrollment Management at California College of the Arts and Carissa Uhlman, Vice President of Student Success at Inceptia

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In this one-hour webinar, Scott Cline, Vice President of Enrollment Management at California College of the Arts and Carissa Uhlman, Vice President of Student Success at Inceptia will discuss data and the use of data analytics in financial aid and enrollment. The presentation will cover:

  • General understanding of the use of data analysis and predictive analytics
  • Accessing the right financial aid data to support recruitment goals
  • Evaluation of data for continual improvement
  • Real-world scenarios from the California College of the Arts on the vital role data has played in reshaping financial aid awarding and meeting recruitment goals
  • ROI and future trends

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Webinar | Strategic Enrollment Management: Leveraging Financial Aid

Webinar
Strategic Enrollment Management
Leveraging Financial Aid

Recorded on: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speakers: Amy Cable, Executive Director, Enrollment Management Support at the Louisiana Community & Technical College System (LCTCS)
Sue Downing, Senior Vice President of Inceptia

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The problem – your school has aggressive recruitment and retention goals. The Enrollment Office is off and running to meet those goals and while you know financial aid is critical to the mix, you’re unsure how to build a strong partnership and showcase the value your department provides to students.

 

In this one-hour webinar, Amy Cable, Executive Director, Enrollment Management Support at the Louisiana Community & Technical College System (LCTCS) and Sue Downing, Senior Vice President of Inceptia will present an overview of Strategic Enrollment Management and the vital role financial aid plays in meeting enrollment goals. The presentation will cover:

  • General understanding of Strategic Enrollment Management
  • Getting a seat at the table and showcasing your value
  • Development of financial aid strategies to support recruitment and enrollment goals
  • Real-world scenarios from the LCTCS on developing an integrated enrollment and financial aid strategy
  • Future trends in Strategic Enrollment Management

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Webinar | Connecting With Students Through Collaboration

Webinar
Connecting With Students Through Collaboration
 

Recorded on: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speakers: Carissa Uhlman – Vice President of Student Success, Inceptia and Sydney Meimann – University of Cincinatti’s Money Management Task Force for Connecting Students

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Join Sydney Meimann from the University of Cincinnati's Money Management Task Force for ideas and tips on ways to leverage cross-department relationships in an effort to best connect with students. Who can be your best ally in reaching students when it comes to financial education?

 
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Webinar | Loan Summary: Helping Students, Helping Schools

Webinar
Loan Summaries
Helping Students, Helping Schools

Recorded on: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speakers: Carissa Uhlman and Robert B. Fahy, Acting University Director of Financial Aid, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

 

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Loan summaries, or debt letters, have become an increasingly popular way for colleges to bridge the gap between entrance and exit counseling, helping students stay informed and engaged when it comes to borrowing. Some states, taking notice of the reduced borrowing and improved academic performance tied to this intervention, are even making loan summaries a mandated requirement for colleges and universities; national legislation has also been introduced.

 

Simply put, now is the time to learn more about how Inceptia’s Loan Summary can help you!

 

This webinar will breakdown what makes a successful debt letter, examine results from debt letter campaigns at three major colleges, and speak to Robert Fahy from Rutgers University regarding the adoption and implementation of Loan Summary at their campus.

 

Bring your questions and join us for this information session!

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Webinar | Student Insights: Financial Behaviors and Issues of Inequity

Webinar
Student Insights
Financial Behaviors and Issues of Inequity

Recorded on: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speaker: Carissa Uhlman

 

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In 2018, Inceptia released the results of our first financial behavioral assessment, highlighting the chasm between financial perceptions versus actions. Our survey results indicated a significant disparity between what students think and how they behave, providing insight into possible solutions for how we can combat this lost connection.

 

But sometimes there are larger factors at play that can affect our students’ ability to improve their financial well-being. Issues of inequity, from the gender pay gap to the racial wealth divide, to food and housing insecurity, can make for an uneven playing field to advance financial education for all.

 

This 1-hour session will combine the best research and ideas from our previous webinars to foster understanding and share best practices regarding:

  1. Aligning financial education with student misperceptions
  2. Recognizing issues of inequity pertaining to race, gender, and socioeconomic status
  3. Case studies for developing financial education training and resources that address these systemic barriers

 
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Webinar | Building a Better Award Letter: Providing Information that Really Helps Students and Families

Webinar
Building a Better Award Letter
Providing Information that Really Helps Students and Families

Recorded: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speaker: Shannon Cross

 

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Award letters are a key to student recruitment, but today’s award letters are hard to decipher for families as they try to make decisions on the best fit for their prospective student. The format is inconsistent, terminology is confusing and bottom-line cost is too hard to figure out. What can you do when 63% of recently enrolled and prospective students note feeling lost when searching for college or financial aid options?

 

Join us as we look at how to build a better award letter noting studies on award letter pitfalls and improvements for content, brand and student experience to help families make better financial decisions.

 
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Webinar | Financial Education in the Age of FOMO (rebroadcast)

Webinar
Financial Education in the Age of FOMO (rebroadcast)

Recorded on: Thursday, February 20, 2019
Duration: One hour
Cost: FREE
Speaker: Stacy Yanchuk Oleksy
Director of Education and Community Awareness
Credit Counseling Society

 

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Keeping up with Joneses used to mean competing with your neighbors with homes, cars, and vacations. Now, thanks to social media, it means keeping up with the Kardashians with Instagram worthy shots of lavish homes, designer bags, and champagne trips on a beer budget.

 

A majority of Millennials report that social media wreaks havoc on their spending, and yet FOMO (fear of missing out) keeps leading them into debt. Add in the ease of accessing money via fintech (mobile payments), and it’s a perfect recipe for financial disaster.

 

How can we prepare students to say no in a world of nonstop peer pressure to spend, while technology makes it ever easier to do so?

 

In this Inceptia rebroadcast, originally presented in 2019, the impact still applies as we explore the effects of social media on spending and saving, the drawbacks of fintech, and how to tailor financial education programs to inform and empower students to resist.

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Research Brief | The State of Student Finances 2018: Results from a Multiyear Assessment

Research Brief
The State of Student Finances 2018
Results from a Multiyear Assessment

Since the spring of 2016, Inceptia has collected survey data from college and university students across the country in order to better understand financial behaviors. Analyzing the choices that students make about money, the steps they take to be financially well, or the ways in which they view their own competency, can provide a valuable baseline regarding their levels of financial capability. In addition, it can better inform the learning objectives and areas of focus for financial education programming, aligning our efforts to meet the needs of our students.

This brief discusses the results of data from over 60,000 respondents weighing in on a number of topics that initially self-rates their financial knowledge and then asks key questions regarding saving, protecting and preparing to determine the degree of disparity between perceived knowledge and applied behaviors.

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