RESTON, Va. - The College Board announced today that Nebraska Methodist College has implemented Net Partner, the web student portal companion to PowerFAIDS, the comprehensive financial aid system used by more than 550 institutions.
Net Partner is a self-service Web solution that allows students and professionals at PowerFAIDS client schools to stay connected 24/7, every day of the year. Net Partner enables students to complete applications and accept and decline financial aid awards online, eliminating paper award letters and all their accompanying costs. PowerFAIDS, first developed by the College Board in 1996, automates the financial aid process for post secondary institutions. It manages record creation, electronic communications, student eligibility determination, federal grant management, packaging, loan origination, reporting and research. PowerFAIDS version 14.2 was released May 2009.
"Our nursing and allied health students typically have very heavy academic loads," said Brenda Boyd, director of financial aid at Nebraska Methodist College. "Time management is a critical issue with them. Real-time, 24/7 access simplifies the financial aid process and helps Nebraska Methodist College provide customer service anytime, day or night. This translates into our students concentrating on more important aspects so that they can achieve their goals for becoming the health care providers of tomorrow."
About Nebraska Methodist College
Nebraska Methodist College, located in Omaha, Nebraska and an affiliate of Methodist Health System, is a premier private health professions institution that has offered a caring, close-knit community to its students since it was established in 1891. With an enrollment of more than 600 students, NMC is small enough to really care about each student as an individual and large enough to provide outstanding undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs in nursing and allied health.
For more information on Nebraska Methodist College, please visit www.methodistcollege.edu.
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The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,400 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.
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