Sarah Camp

Major changes in higher education, such as those introduced under OB3, often bring new companies, products, and services into the market. New ideas can benefit schools and students, but they also make it important to carefully evaluate the resources you recommend. As institutions continue reviewing their Preferred Lender Lists and private loan comparison resources, we wanted to highlight five key distinctions that have made ELMSelect the trusted choice of financial aid offices for decades. 1....

Over the past few years, six-digit borrowing has become increasingly common in graduate and professional education. Because Direct Grad PLUS loans can be certified up to a student’s cost of attendance (minus other aid), higher-cost programs are seeing more loan requests that reach six-digit territory. Many long-standing industry file formats were originally designed with key amount fields capped at $99,999. When a loan exceeds that limit, schools may be forced to use time-consuming...

As private education loan activity increases, financial aid offices across the country are reassessing their approach. For many campuses, private loans are once again requiring focused attention. With that renewed focus comes a familiar challenge: how do you provide structured, compliant guidance without increasing administrative burden? For more than 30 years, ELM Resources has supported financial aid offices. ELMSelect, our private loan comparison tool, was specifically built to help...