Student Aid increases enrollment and retention

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Deliver accurate, compliant, and student-centered aid disbursement

Simplify the financial aid cycle, from eligibility to fund release. Automated validation, allocation, and disbursement ensure compliance and accuracy while freeing staff to focus on personalized guidance. Students gain clarity, speed, and confidence in accessing the aid they need to stay enrolled and succeed.

Automated Disbursement

Expedite and reconcile funds across federal, state, and institutional programs.

Real-Time Integration

Sync with Student Accounts for seamless, auditable transactions.

Built-In Compliance

Stay current with FISAP, IPEDS, and Institutional Methodology (IM) requirements, supported right out of the box.

Scholarship Management

Award More Scholarships with Ellucian’s scholarship matching tool maximizes fund use through smart student matching and a simplified process.

Scholarship Management

Unlock students' access to awards with intelligent matching

Scholarship management automates internal and external scholarships to connect the right students with the right funds while maximizing utilization and equity. Students gain transparency and confidence, while staff gain efficiency through automated matching and reporting.

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Auto-Match Engine

Match students to eligible awards automatically.

Donor & Fund Utilization

Decrease unspent funds and improve equity.

Student-Friendly Search

Help students discover and apply effortlessly.

Document Collection

Student Aid Document Collection

Digitize and accelerate aid process workflows

Process Automation replaces paper and manual tasks with intelligent, mobile-ready workflows that integrate directly with your SIS. AI-assisted form completion, auto-validation, and secure document handling speed processing, reduce compliance risk, and improve the student experience.

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AI Form Assistant

Pre-fill data and reduce errors.

Mobile Experience

Enable students to submit from any device.

Compliance & Verification

Maintain accuracy and audit readiness.

Dynamic Offer Letters

Deliver clear, actionable, and compliant award notices

Dynamic offer letters turn traditional award communications into personalized, mobile-friendly digital experiences. Send branded financial aid offer letters, automate updates, and track engagement through multichannel outreach to help students understand their costs and next steps.

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Offer-Letter Experience

Create interactive, branded notices.

Multichannel Notifications

Reach students via email and SMS.

Engagement Analytics

Optimize messages using behavior insights.

AI Virtual Student Assistant

Virtual Advisor 24/7 AI Student Advisor Combine AI-powered automation with SIS data to create student-specific conversations proven to increase enrollment and degree completion.

AI Virtual Student Assistant

24/7 personalized student assistance via AI

The AI Virtual Student Assistant provides intelligent, real-time support for student aid inquiries. It integrates with your SIS to personalize conversations, reduce call volume, and improve satisfaction, empowering staff to focus on complex cases while students get immediate answers anytime, anywhere.

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Always-On Support

Available 24/7 across web and mobile.

Personalized Conversations

Use student data for relevant guidance.

Staff Efficiency Boost

Let AI handle repetitive questions.

Simplify Aid Processes

Automate and streamline financial aid workflows to reduce manual work, eliminate delays, and deliver awards faster and more accurately.

Increase Student Completion

Connect timely aid to student success by removing financial barriers that impact persistence, retention, and degree completion.

Improve Affordability Perception

Provide students with clear, personalized cost and funding insights to increase confidence in the affordability of higher education.

Engage Students Proactively

Reach students through automated, personalized outreach that keeps them informed and engaged throughout the aid process.

Drive Data-Based Decisions

Use integrated analytics to monitor aid trends, assess equity, and make smarter financial and enrollment planning decisions.

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"When they [students] put their information into Clear Cost, it is a 99.99% match with the financial aid offer we send out."

Brahim Bouidi

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Senior Associate Director of Financial Aid, Delaware Valley University

“Student Forms is aesthetically pleasing, it's very easy to use for the students and it made the financial aid process really work smoothly.”

Vincent Harris, Jr. MBA, FAAC®

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Executive Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid

“More students are viewing and applying for scholarships. This results in more students enrolling faster”

Chaitrali Rane

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Manager of Financial Aid, NJIT

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Personalize and Accelerate Financial Aid

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