Solution Assists Campus Professionals in Enhancing Student�s Senior Year Experience
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Nov 10, 2004--Preparing graduating students for financial life after college is a challenge and goal � for students, schools and parents. Today, Collegiate Funding Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFSI) launched The Great Grad Program, a comprehensive solution that provides campus professionals and students with free information about finances, lifestyle issues and debt management to ease this major transition.
The Great Grad Program includes useful resources for campus professionals and graduating students aimed at enhancing the senior year experience with customized financial and lifestyle information, staff training and free on-campus seminars.
Each participating school receives a complete, one-stop resource that includes simple, online exit counseling set-up and reporting through www.collegexit.com; customized e-mails or mailings; student access to www.egrad.com for discounts and job information; and debt management seminars presented by Collegiate Funding Services.
Graduating students may be eligible for monthly scholarships at www.collegexit.com; receive college exit requirement reminders and student loan consolidation information; access to job search information and discount programs for vehicles, insurance and travel.
''CFS is pleased to partner with universities who understand that enabling graduating students to be more successful post college is an important part of an integrated enrollment management strategy,'' said John Fees, Executive Vice President of Collegiate Funding Services. ''The Great Grad Program enables campus administrators, particularly financial aid offices and alumni associations, to have an integrated set of services that demonstrates a universities concern for ensuring a smooth transition for their graduating students post college.''
Many universities are offering Senior Year Experience (SYE) courses with complimentary packages such as the Great Grad Program for their students that include financial guidance in the hopes that these programs increase the opportunities for a smooth transition to life after graduation. Universities also hope that by offering SYE services and programs like Great Grad that students will develop lifelong and deeper relationships with their school and become active, contributing alumni.
The turnkey Great Grad Program package also offers:
* Free GradPak magazine containing discounts and articles on life after college for all graduating students
* Streaming video content explaining the federal student loan consolidation program
* Senior Year Survey to assist colleges in receiving feedback from graduate on their school experience
* Access to scholarships, job searches, debt management tools, information on moving, buying a car and graduate school through www.egrad.com
* Online access to more than 350 articles on topics specifically for graduating students
Fees continued, ''We are pleased that over 225 schools currently rely on our integrated services to assist their graduating students. In total, The Great Grad Program demonstrates Collegiate Funding Services increasing commitment to supporting the needs of our university partners and importantly the needs of their students and alumni. CFS is committed to developing lifelong educational partnerships.''
To find out more information about The Great Grad Program, call 1-866-922-9965 or log onto www.cfscampusloans.com.
About Collegiate Funding Services
Collegiate Funding Services is a leading education finance company dedicated to providing students and their families with the practical advice and loan solutions they need to help pay for and manage the cost of higher education. Collegiate Funding Services also offers a comprehensive portfolio of education loan products and services � including loan origination, loan servicing, and campus-based, scholarship and affinity marketing tools � to the higher education community. Since 1998, Collegiate Funding Services has facilitated the origination of over $16 billion in education loans, and currently manages over $10 billion in student loans for more than 400,000 borrowers.
For additional information, visit www.cfscampusloans.com or call 1-888-922-9965
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