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When you are looking for a partner to support your needs, we stand ready now and in the future. contact Nicole Verrett at 770-988-9447, ext. 123 or NVerrett@FinancialAidServices.org. Greenwood & Hall Champion College Services Stevens Strategy, LLC 12 Island View P.O. Box 72 Grantham, NH 03753 603-863-4704 info@StevensStrategy.com www.StevensStrategy.com Stevens Strategy is a full-service consulting ﬁrm specializing in managing the process of strategic change in colleges, universities and schools. We offer professional services to the leaders of these institutions in: • Strategic Planning • Strategic Governance • Focused Strategic Analysis • Financial Analysis and Planning Our subsidiary, HEEA, offers the following services: • Institution-wide Policy Development • Compensation Systems and Salary • Equity Analysis • Regional Workforce Analysis Our client base includes hundreds of independent and public institutions from the largest universities to the smallest colleges and schools in America and throughout the world. 4600 S. Mill Avenue, Suite 180 Tempe, AZ 85282 800-761-7376 Fax 800-761-7854 1936 East Deere Avenue, Suite 120 Santa Ana, CA 92705 949-655-5000 Fax 949-653-0500 info@greenwoodhall.com www.greenwoodhall.com Greenwood & Hall, founded in 1997, is a leader in co-sourced enrollment management, ﬁnancial aid and student service solutions for online, non-traditional and traditional programs. We are education and contact management professionals who strive to understand your unique needs and deliver results-based customized solutions. Our integrated suite of enrollment management solutions address the entire student lifecycle, including: • Lead generation, lead qualiﬁcation and enrollment counseling to maximize enrollments. • Career advertising and placement to coach and motivate students to persist and graduate • Easy to complete incoming student assessments to identify and coach drop risks. • Retention counseling to maximize reenrollment. Our ﬁnancial aid and student service solutions focus on improving efﬁciencies and delivering high quality student services that improve student satisfaction, increase retention and optimize student outcomes. Our ﬁnancial aid solutions provide one-stop ﬁnancial aid and loan advising, back-end services including veriﬁcation, packaging, auditing and consulting services to optimize efﬁciency, maximize revenues and ensure compliance. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - January 2011

University Business - January 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Behind the News
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Money Matters
Guide to Financial Services
Human Resources
Community Colleges
Take Ii Tablets
Pilots Taking Off
Today’s Admission Office Budget
What’s New
End Note

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