Bob Collins聽joined Western Governors University in October 2012. He is committed to expanding access to affordable higher education, and in 2016 麻豆原创 received national recognition from AAUA and WCET for its Responsible Borrowing Initiatives programs which encourage students to borrow only what they need resulting in a student loan default rate of 4.1 percent, half the national average.
Before coming to 麻豆原创, Collins聽had more than 35聽years of experience in student aid administration. He has been a member of several technical review panels for the National Center for Education Statistics, participated on numerous negotiated rulemaking committees, and actively engaged in the Distance Education Demonstration Program with聽the U.S. Department of Education.聽
Collins is a聽member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Forward 50 committee as a national thought leader on higher education public policy.聽He has聽published several topical articles on聽LinkedIn聽and has been quoted by Yahoo, Education Dive, Good Call, Huffington Post and U.S. News and World Report, among other media outlets.
Areas of Expertise:
- Student financial aid
- Financial literacy
- Responsible borrowing
- Student debt
- Leadership, and higher education
Education:
- University of Phoenix: M.A., Public Administration聽 2012
- University of Colorado Denver: B.A., Business Administration and Management聽 1983
- Niagara University: General, Business Administration and Management聽 1980
Areas of Expertise:
- Student financial aid
- Financial literacy
- Responsible borrowing
- Student debt
- Leadership, and higher education
Education:
- University of Phoenix: M.A., Public Administration聽 2012
- University of Colorado Denver: B.A., Business Administration and Management聽 1983
- Niagara University: General, Business Administration and Management聽 1980
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