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School Operations
The Grant Management Tool
Grant Management is a great tool for tracking funds and award decisions for FACTS Grant & Aid users. It allows the award information to be used in reports, tracks award data from year to year, and gives the ability to…
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3 Report Card Mistakes (and Fixes)
With summer right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to get answers to common FACTS SIS Report Card questions. Why does the Report Card show duplicate classes or classes that a student has dropped? Classes will show for students…
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What’s a Renewal Fee?
If you have a payment plan which extends for more than 12 months, it will be charged another enrollment fee. Payment plans that are active, have at least three future scheduled institution payments, and have reached an increment of a…
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3 Tips for Database Cleaning
Time to spring clean your FACTS Student Information System (SIS) database! Here are three tips to tidy up. Remove duplicates. Duplication happens when families or family members are not correctly linked in the synchronization process of online application and enrollment….
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We hire teachers!
Are you a part-time or retiring teacher interested in staying connected to keep making a difference in children’s lives? FACTS Education Solutions hires hundreds of high-quality teachers, tutors, and coaches across the country to be an additional resource to help…
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5 Private School Federal Aid Myths Debunked
Every year, federal funds are distributed to public school districts specifically for private schools, but many private institutions don’t realize they’re eligible for these funds. Here are some of the most prevalent myths. Separation of church and state means private…
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Keep Your Best Teachers After Retirement
When a retiring teacher is well-loved by students, an excellent mentor to new teachers, and has decades of exceptional classroom experience, his or her principal sees the upcoming retirement date as a doom deadline. That’s where FACTS Education Solutions can…
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End of Year Resources, Reminders, and More
As the end of the school year approaches, we’ve compiled a few tips and reminders for our Tuition Management and Grant & Aid Assessment clients, so you can wrap things up efficiently and have a stress-free summer. Managing Delinquencies Need…
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International Payments Made Easy
International students can enrich your school community, enhance your tuition revenue, and help students learn about cultural diversity. With the introduction of international students, administrators often have to adjust certain processes – in particular, they’ll have to navigate the complexities…
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One School, One Mission, One Solution
The Archdiocese of Boston saw the need to unite the thriving K-8 Saint Agnes School with Arlington Catholic High School to create a seamless experience for families in the community. The transition into a single school entity created a new…
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Five Habits for Personal Cyber Security
Imagine the strongest vault door you’ve ever seen for a bank. How would you get in? Do you set explosives to get through the thick wall? Do you focus on picking the lock that opens the door? Or do you…
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Best Practices for Financial Aid Distribution
Brandy Emery’s job is to distribute $6 million in tuition assistance at Cleveland’s Saint Ignatius High School. About half of the 1,500 boys attending the Jesuit college preparatory high school are eligible for aid, but determining the most fair and…
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