This session will address lessons learned and tangible examples of how the financial aid team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shifted its culture from being strictly an administrative office to one that is actively engaged in student access and success through a social justice approach. The presenters will highlight partnership examples and share replicable successful initiatives. Participants will be invited to think creatively about how they might elicit positive change for student access and success through partnership with their financial aid office.
Guiding Questions:
1) How can you collaborate with financial aid offices to help students access higher education and persist towards obtaining a degree?
2) What if a financial aid advisor’s role was simply to help students go to college?
3) What if a financial aid office’s role was to help students get both to and through college?