Comprehensive Financial Literacy to Improve Retention and Reduce Default 2013

Key Topics

• Setting the Stage for the Financial Side of College
• The Link between Cost, Retention, and Default
• What Money Worries Do Students Have?
• Workshopping Your Current Tools
• Programming for Second- and Third-Year Students
• Financial Education for First-Year Students
• Increasing Participation in Your Programming
• Financial Education for Senior and Graduating
• Regulation and Compliance Considerations
• Considerations for Special Student Populations
• Organizing a Campus-Wide Effort
• Optional Pre-Conference Workshop: Identifying At-Risk Students

Who should Attend

• Registrars and bursars
• Financial aid professionals
• At-risk student program directors, assistant directors, and coordinators
• Retention specialists
• Residential life programming professionals
• Peer mentor program directors, assistant directors, and coordinators
• First-year student seminars and programming directors, assistant directors, and coordinators
• Professionals responsible for student wellness initiatives
• Orientation directors, assistant directors, and coordinators