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Final Paper - Reflection

This document summarizes Jeanie Kim's reflections on her final project for her EDUC 397 course. She discusses how the group divided responsibilities for their project, which focused on the financial aid office at Foothill College. Jeanie took on reviewing materials and making recommendations. Through the project, she learned about the importance of communication and how a financial aid office can ensure its ethical framework of educating students is maintained, especially with constrained budgets. The office must clarify its mission and train staff to build relationships with students to help all students obtain necessary funding.

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Final Paper - Reflection

This document summarizes Jeanie Kim's reflections on her final project for her EDUC 397 course. She discusses how the group divided responsibilities for their project, which focused on the financial aid office at Foothill College. Jeanie took on reviewing materials and making recommendations. Through the project, she learned about the importance of communication and how a financial aid office can ensure its ethical framework of educating students is maintained, especially with constrained budgets. The office must clarify its mission and train staff to build relationships with students to help all students obtain necessary funding.

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Jeanie Kim

EDUC 397

Final Project Reflections

Contributions

From the beginning, we decided that our project was centered on De Anza College as it was

more diverse and accessible. However, because of other issues and flexibility, we changed our

location to Foothill College. It worked out because Darya works at Foothill College. We

divided up the project among the group members, and I decided to take the recommendations

and one of the ethical theories. Darya and Blanca decided that they would interview the

Financial Aid Office at Foothill. After reviewing Foothill College Financial Aid Office’s

website, the video of the interview of financial aid staff at Foothill College, and other materials I

made my recommendations (and added my slide to the PowerPoint). In addition to these

activities, I attempted to edit the PowerPoint.

Learning

Through the project I learned the importance of communication. Most of the problems and

issues stemming from the FAO, aside from budgetary, stem from lack of communication. The

Financial Aid Office has a basic website, but a website will only be a tool for those students who

will probably file the FAFSA, not the students who do not file. What can the Financial Aid

Office do, especially in the coming years when its budget will be strapped, to ensure that the

ethical framework of educating students is maintained? What can the Financial Aid Office do to

help the thirty percent of these students who do not file for one reason or another?

The Financial Aid Office must work to clarify its mission and vision so that all staff and

students understand the shared goals. After it has hammered out a common mission, the
Financial Aid Office should train its staff so they knowledgeable and friendly to students who

come to visit the office and ask about its resources. From there, students should be trained how

to fill out FAFSA (if they already have not filled them out) and other financial aid support forms

(e.g., scholarship awards). The process should be iterative and cyclical, in that students should

be told that they need to re-apply for FAFSA and scholarships. Staff at the Financial Aid Office

should build relationships with students, particularly those who are not completing the FAFSA,

to ensure that these students have the necessary funds to graduate.

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