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Policy and communication guides for financial aid offices, enrollment leaders, and academic administrators at colleges and universities
College and university communication has its own pressures: financial aid deadlines that affect enrollment, credentialing decisions that affect a student's entire pathway, and policy shifts, like the current push toward competency-based education and expanded prior learning credit, that ripple across financial aid, registrar, and academic affairs offices at the same time. The articles here are written by higher education administrators and financial aid leaders for the people doing this work day to day: enrollment managers, financial aid officers, academic deans, and registrars navigating changes to how colleges evaluate and award credit. This is a newer section of the Daystage blog, built alongside our K-12 coverage as we explore how our newsletter and communication tools apply to college and university departments.
Common questions
Who is the higher education section of this blog written for?
Financial aid officers, enrollment managers, registrars, and academic administrators at colleges, universities, and community colleges. The guides are written by practitioners with direct experience in higher education administration, not by generalist content writers.
Does Daystage build products for colleges and universities?
Not yet in a dedicated way. Daystage's newsletter and communication tools were built for K-12 schools. We're publishing higher education content and hearing from administrators to understand whether, and how, the same communication tools translate to college financial aid, enrollment, and academic departments.
What topics does this section cover?
Financial aid policy and process (like dependency appeals and FAFSA administration), credentialing and competency-based education, enrollment management, and the communication challenges specific to running a financial aid or registrar's office. More topics will be added as the section grows.