The responsibility of paying tuition on time may lie on the student, but how many colleges ask themselves: “How do we create a culture that fosters timely payments?” Creating an environment that encourages and enables students to pay on time is a crucial step colleges are beginning to take. How can your business office join […]
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What payment options do you offer your international students? Most likely one of your front office goals is to make tuition payments hassle-free for your students. However, international students can often fall through the cracks when it comes to education payment solutions. Most schools choose to receive international payments via wire transfers. While this is
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How much are paper checks costing your school? On the surface, checks seem like a mild inconvenience at worst. Sure, they can be delayed in the mail or misplaced once they are in your office, but there are no “fees”, so they don’t cost your school anything. Right? The first hidden cost to consider is
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As prospective students and parents consider your school, you may not have thought about how the payment process might be a deciding factor. In today’s busy world, no one has the time to wait in line to pay tuition at the registrar’s office each semester. A complicated and painful online process isn’t much better either.
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Let’s take about bills. Do your invoices get paid, or do you struggle with late payments and delinquent accounts? While you can’t change the financial habits of your students and their families, you can build a better invoice to encourage on-time payments. 1.) Provide options to Pay – Is mailing a check or stopping by
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It’s that time of the year when donors make their year-end gifts. Is your school’s website ready to handle them? To optimize your website’s donation page for easy, feel-good giving, we’ve put together our favorite tips: Use Fundraising Software – Sure, a link to PayPal or an address for mailing a check will get the
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Fundraising can always be tricky, but it’s always rewarding to see how much you have helped your school and students when you successfully complete a fundraising campaign. Whether you are selling tickets to a gala or other event or rolling out a pledge drive, here are our favorite tips to improve your fundraising efforts across
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In today’s technological environment, payments made through the click of a mouse or the tap or a smartphone are becoming the norm. Why not offer donors this convenience for online giving? Can adding – or upgrading – an online giving system increase overall donations and benefit your donors? Absolutely! 1.) Convenience for Donors – Donors
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