School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 17, 2025

For private and independent K–12 schools, where student records, family financial data, and tax documents converge on digital platforms, IT Directors are increasingly the guardians of both compliance and confidence. That’s why the integration between SSS and TaxStatus, which enables direct, secure IRS data access, is not just an upgrade.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Results Interviews with staff covered innovative and ongoing strategies to improve student accessibility. Schools have updated strategies around how they fund financial support, evaluate student needs, and apply tuition reductions to create more equitable and inclusive policies. Prioritizing students.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 21, 2025

For private and independent K12 schools, financial aid is more than just a line itemits a mission-critical tool for ensuring access, diversity, and long-term sustainability. This kind of future planning helps your finance team prepare for sustainability while still meeting your access goals. Todays enrollment landscape demands more.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 31, 2025

Independent and private K12 schools are constantly striving to balance accessibility with financial sustainability. The Power of SSS with TaxStatus Integration At the heart of this transformation is the integration of TaxStatus with VenturEd Solutions School and Student Services (SSS) program.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JULY 1, 2025

Digital portals must meet high data‑security standards (SSL encryption, access controls), and offline systems should be locked, shredded, or securely stored. Accessible, Mobile‑Friendly Information Today’s multi-generational families are busy: working, raising children, and managing households.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

At a pivotal moment in 2008, he announced that no Vanderbilt undergraduate would graduate with debt, launching a bold financial aid effort that raised $700 million and changed the game for access and completion. But the key, he says, is not more data. The message?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Transfer students and their families often face unique financial challenges, especially when transitioning to a new school mid-year. To encourage these students to apply for financial aid, it’s crucial to provide clear and accessible information.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 15, 2025

In-person events offer face time and relationship building, while webinars provide accessibility and on-demand value. Encourage a culture of openness by emphasizing that financial aid exists to support access, not to judge need. Reassure families that their information is confidential and handled with care.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Thats where the Financial Aid Assistant (FAA) program by School and Student Services (SSS) comes in. Designed specifically for private and independent K-12 schools, FAA removes administrative burdens, ensures award accuracy, and supports familieshelping schools optimize aid allocation and attract the right students.

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Single Stop

JANUARY 29, 2025

Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan. Upswing and Single Stop Announce Partnership to Empower Marginalized Students NEW YORK, Jan. Single Stop is a company of The Fedcap Group.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 9, 2025

Schools that serve international families benefit greatly from using a financial aid solution designed with accessibility and flexibility in mind. The growing number of international students choosing U.S. Thats where School and Student Services (SSS), powered by TaxStatus , steps in to simplify the process.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 17, 2025

And if your current process feels accessible to families. Private K-12 schools can change how families view tuition costs affordability by being open, accessible, and truly committed to fairness, making it easier to bring in a diverse and talented group of students. Connect with us here.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 24, 2025

In our latest Next Practices podcast episode, we sat down with Ryan Bailey, Director of the Student Success Center, and Jamie Muhlestein, Associate Director of Student Success and Support, to explore how UVU is transforming the traditional model of student services by investing in relationship-building as a core strategy.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

JANUARY 23, 2025

Tampa, FL, January 23, 2025 VenturEd Solutions, a leading provider of cloud-based admissions, financial aid, student lifecycle, and payment solutions for schools, is proud to announce a significant enhancement to its financial aid product, School and Student Services (SSS).

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 18, 2025

Private K-12 schools across the country rely on financial aid programs to ensure accessibility for families from diverse economic backgrounds. Many institutions now access tax-credit scholarships, community partnerships, and corporate sponsorships to support their financial aid pools.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 1, 2025

With a commitment to both academic excellence and access for all, this prestigious boarding and day school awarded $11.2 Heres how The Peddie School, with the help of School and Student Services (SSS) and NAIS methodology, is rewriting the playbook for financial aidand what your school can learn from their success.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 2, 2025

Heres how your school can prepareand why partnering with School and Student Services (SSS), powered by TaxStatus , puts you a step ahead. To promote equitable access: Use a consistent, objective assessment tool like SSS. The right tools and strategies will help schools adapt and thrive as new funding sources become available.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 12, 2025

With TaxStatus’ advanced IRS integration, SSS provides schools with immediate access to verified financial data while safeguarding families through secure identity verification methods, including ID.me.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 4, 2025

In todays ever-evolving enrollment landscape, financial aid professionals are being asked to do more with lessprovide equitable access, protect institutional integrity, streamline complex processes, and support families in real time. Youll have access to all IRS data, Benson explained. Its a tall order. Its fully transparent.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Examples include: Percentage of students receiving aid A benchmark to maintain diversity and accessibility. Average aid per student Helps in understanding per-student investment. Aid-to-enrollment ratio Measures the correlation between aid allocation and new student enrollments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

It must be embedded in campus life, intersecting with health, academics, and student services. With limited budget resources, the state partnered with external organizations to fund and deliver services. It must be considered mission-critical and treated with the same urgency as academic success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

It must be embedded in campus life, intersecting with health, academics, and student services. With limited budget resources, the state partnered with external organizations to fund and deliver services. It must be considered mission-critical and treated with the same urgency as academic success.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Any JH staff, student, and faculty can access the pantry upon submission of a brief form upon arrival. Resources Student Disability Services. This office is committed to fostering an accessible and inclusive culture for students with disabilities. Student Disability Services. Mental Health.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These trends underscore the growing commitment of independent schools to support families and enhance accessibility to quality education. While financial aid is essential for keeping private schools diverse and accessible, the administrative workload that comes with processing all these applications can quickly become overwhelming.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

Sessions on innovative approaches to financial aid and tuition modeling provided administrators with new strategies to make financial aid more accessible and efficient. Discussions on fostering diversity, equity, and belonging emphasized the importance of inclusive school communities and the impact of policy decisions on student success.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 11, 2025

A well-structured financial aid program attracts and retains mission-driven students and families while maintaining a balance between affordability and tuition revenue. As tuition costs rise and demand for financial assistance grows, financial aid directors play a pivotal role in making private education accessible.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

For several decades, colleges have experienced a substantial upswing in non-instructional spending on administrative services. During that period, spending on student services rose a 29% and administrative costs increased 19%, while instructional spending only rose 17%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This outcome has shifted party control, creating a greater opportunity for HBCUs to secure more funding, greater institutional autonomy, and better student support, especially in addressing issues like affordable housing, healthcare, and access to quality education. Historically, HBCUs have been at the forefront of political change.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MAY 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — VenturEd Solutions has officially launched its enhanced School and Student Services (SSS) platform, with direct IRS integration, marking a significant advancement in financial aid processing for private and independent K12 schools. TAMPA, Fla. ,

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 25, 2025

To make confident financial aid decisions, officers must have access to timely, verified financial data and a methodology that ensures consistency and fairness. Schools must also consider the broader experience of students receiving aid. Schools need a financial aid process that eliminates guesswork.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 10, 2025

Train your staff with a few talking points about the schools values, financial accessibility, and how summer camp offerings connect to the broader school experience. Visit solutionsbysss.com for a demo today to see how you can support every step of their financial aid journeyfrom camper to student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2025

The nationwide mobilization comes amid concerns about decreasing accessibility to higher education, growing student debt, and what organizers describe as threats to academic freedom under the current Trump administration.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Unlike datasets that only include information on students income level, NPSAS examines how students pay for college. By capturing data on veterans use of resources like advising and student services, NPSAS and BPS insights can inform policies and practices that ensure veterans receive necessary support.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 14, 2025

This exclusive event brought together financial aid directors, heads of schools, admissions and enrollment directors to celebrate a groundbreaking partnership between TaxStatus and School and Student Services (SSS)a collaboration transforming financial aid processing for private K-12 schools across the country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Jeff Strohl, director of CEW and lead author of “ Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective and Open-Access Institutions Prior to the End of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

And he is doing his part as director of policy and advocacy in California at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent, nonprofit research and policy organization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In mid-August, QCC officially opened its male/men's resource center (MRC), which is dedicated to increasing the retention and graduation rates of male students, particularly self-identified Black and Latinx male students who are disproportionately impacted by equity gaps in student outcomes.

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