Ken Downs

Evangelizing how technology and best practices can remove friction for students, schools, and organizations in the scholarship and financial aid space, Downs is CampusLogic’s Product Evangelist. He was instrumental in leading the development of the University of Arizona’s national award-winning ScholarshipUniverse product, now part of CampusLogic’s platform. A longstanding member of the National Scholarship Provider’s Association, Downs has given workshops titled: Big Data and the Coming Scholarship Sea Change, Scholarship Hacking—Cutting the Gordian Knot, and the Scholarship Universe Story.

  • How Emergency Funding for Students Can Stop the Retention Problem Made Worse by COVID-19

    How Emergency Funding for Students Can Stop the Retention Problem Made Worse by COVID-19

    COVID-19 is making retaining students an enormous challenge for higher ed institutions. Learn how emergency funding can help keep students on their academic journeys.

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  • Good-Bye Confusion: Students Are Looking for Transparency in Scholarship Searches

    Good-Bye Confusion: Students Are Looking for Transparency in Scholarship Searches

    Ken Downs, CampusLogic Product Evangelist, discusses the importance of transparency for students who are sorting through higher education scholarships.

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  • Bookmark These Sessions on Your 2019 NSPA Agenda

    Bookmark These Sessions on Your 2019 NSPA Agenda

    Attending the 2019 NSPA conference? Scholarship enthusiast Ken Downs puts his decade-plus of experience to work, compiling tips and suggestions to help you make the most of the event>

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  • Technology for the Win: Scholarship Management Made Easy

    Technology for the Win: Scholarship Management Made Easy

    In Part Four of his series, Ken Downs, CampusLogic Product Evangelist, tackles the world of technology and the way modernizing the financial aid office can benefit students in managing scholarships.

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  • The Most Important Seat at the FinAid Table: Student Centricity and Why it Matters

    The Most Important Seat at the FinAid Table: Student Centricity and Why it Matters

    Scholarship offices focused on driving student-centricity save a seat for the student at every strategy discussion. Ken Downs explains.

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  • Why You Need A Scholarship One-Stop Shop

    Why You Need A Scholarship One-Stop Shop

    ScholarshipUniverse is the ultimate scholarship one-stop shop for staff and students. Ken Downs explains.

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  • 10 Things To Do To Make Scholarships Harder To Manage

    10 Things To Do To Make Scholarships Harder To Manage

    Poor organization of scholarships causes friction for students and administrators alike. Ken Downs shares 10 points of friction that make the scholarship ecosystem feel like a league of its own.

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  • The Meaning of Scholarships

    The Meaning of Scholarships

    Scholarships don’t just create warm and fuzzy feelings. They open doors that other types of aid can’t. In part 2 of this blog series, Ken Downs shares why scholarships are so much more than a check.

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  • The Evolution of Scholarships

    The Evolution of Scholarships

    For a student in the last decade or two, with the rise of the internet, searching for scholarship opportunities is far easier—kind of. In the 2-part series Ken Downs shares the history of scholarships

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