Options for longer, zero-interest payment plans can help fill the gaps in financial need for students aiming to access higher education. Hear Alyse Kwapien, Director of Cash Management & Bursar, a former UConn student who has risen to become the Bursar, talk about the bursar’s role in removing financial barriers to empower students to focus on their educational journey.
Video Transcript
Alyse Kwapien, Director of Cash Management & Bursar, University of Connecticut
Being a former student at UConn myself, I understand the experience of being on that frontline cashier. I've learned what students are asking, what their needs are, and now being at the bursar at the director of the department, I have a voice at the table when determining policies and procedures that are going to directly impact the students.
There's a student recently that I was talking with who was trying to figure out how to cover the gap in what they were gonna owe the university that their aid and grants weren't covering. So we were able to discuss payment plans that we have at the university that was really beneficial for the student.
Flywire gives us more ability to have more payment plan options for students. So before using Flywire, we had one set payment plan. It was limited number of installments and some students took advantage of it, but it just really wasn't a one size fits all best approach for our population. So with Flywire, we are able to extend the payment plans throughout longer this semester, and we've actually doubled our enrollment in payment plans now that we've moved to Flywire.
Flywire 덕분에 학생들에게 더욱 다양한 결제 플랜을 제공할 수 있습니다. 결제 플랜을 더 연장할 수도 있으며, Flywire로 전환한 후 실제로 결제 플랜 등록이 2배 늘었습니다.
