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On Course – Financial Aid

FINANCIAL AID

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1. Strategy: Strategy: Wise Choice Process

Application: Financial Aid

Educator: Pam Engebretson, Director of Financial Aid, Century College, MN

Implementation: By implementing the Wise Choice Process students learn how to make better decisions, and staff will be less judgmental and more helpful. Post the Wise Choice Process posters at each window and in offices. In conferences, help students see the connection between their choices and their current financial situation by asking the questions of the Wise Choice Process.

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