<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We are a small private (2000 UG) students who requires Financial Literacy education as a graduation requirement, but it is not a course and there is no credit assigned. Interesting huh?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is more information about our program: <a href="http://www.champlain.edu/LEAD-Financial">www.champlain.edu/LEAD-Financial</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Ann House <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahouse@sa.utah.edu" target="_blank">ahouse@sa.utah.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hi Susie, et al,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I am the coordinator of our student money management center at the University of Utah. We are a 4-year public school with a student enrollment of about 32,500. We do not mandate financial education because our
administration doesn’t see the necessity. We have a tiny default rate on federal loans, well below the national average. Of course, we all know that the data about default rates is only part of the picture.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I had to look to other indicators of student wellness to get any political power. When we looked at our data, we found that our graduation rates were low and of those who do graduate, it takes an average of 6
years for a 4-year degree. Many of our students drop out for a time. We found that 80% of our students work, most of that 80% working 30 hours a week or more.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">In response, my financial center is focusing on retention and graduation. Because of this, we are making strides in getting personal financial education a part of several programs, such as Welcome Week events,
Parent & Family, TRiO, Women’s Resource Center, the athletics department, and Financial Aid.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Examples: My work with Financial Aid this year will be an initiative to get more students to fill out their FASFA. We have a very low rate of students who apply for federal financial aid. My hope is with more
students applying for aid, their workload may be reduced, allowing them to focus on school rather than jobs. Students with TRiO are required to visit our office as part of a class and we present at their math classes. We also teach their required financial
education class. The Women’s Resource Center requires us to visit with their students before they can receive a scholarship.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">So, the short answer is, while I have been unsuccessful in getting financial literacy required campus-wide, I have been fairly successful when using our school’s particular issues to become integrated into existing
programming. But there is still a lot to do!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Best-<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">Ann C. House, MS, CPFC, CEPF<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">Coordinator, Personal Money Management Center<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">The University of Utah<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">Olpin Student Union Building<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">200 S. Central Campus Dr., #317<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000">Salt Lake City, UT 84112<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#c00000"><a href="tel:801-585-3886" value="+18015853886" target="_blank">801-585-3886</a> (Office)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.personal-money-management.utah.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#c00000">www.personal-money-management.utah.edu</span></a><span style="color:#c00000"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Natfinwellness [mailto:<a href="mailto:natfinwellness-bounces@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">natfinwellness-bounces@lists.osu.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Susie Jacobs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 08, 2015 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> National Financial Wellness Listserv (<a href="mailto:natfinwellness@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">natfinwellness@lists.osu.edu</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Natfinwellness] Universities with mandatory (or nearly mandatory) financial education<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Good morning,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Do any of your schools require financial education for students in some form? Or does anyone incorporate it into programming in such a way that most students receive it in some form?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">I am especially interested in 4-year public U’s with FTE around 30,000 or so, but would like to hear from anyone who is doing this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif"">Thank you for your help.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Susie Jacobs<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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