Bridging the Faculty and Financial Aid Divide: Working Together to Provide All Students Affordability and Success

Faculty and staff are both invested in student success and providing support throughout their college careers. Many students tend to spend the majority of their time with their college professors, while they may contact their financial aid advisors rarely and primarily when in crisis. We will discuss ways to align faculty and staff's understanding of students' diverse needs and each other's viewpoints, particularly focusing on supporting students most at risk of failure to meet satisfactory academic progress or of dropping out. We will present preliminary student-focused data about how faculty and staff working together leads to student success.