TG Video Library

College Costs: When to Talk About Planning for College TG and KLRN-PBS San Antonio presented this televised special event encouraging early discussions between parents and students about money management and the cost of obtaining a higher education. (April 2012)

R2T4: Exploring Beyond the Basics This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation builds upon R2T4 basics, explores a range of case studies to help financial aid administrators better understand how to spot tricky situations, and uncovers the nuances of the calculation. (April 2012)

Degree Completion Workshop: A Holistic Approach This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation features presenters sharing insights from the field for instigating campus-wide change; bringing a heightened awareness to the unique role each campus member plays; focusing on the collaborative culture required to improve degree completion rates; discussing effective, evidence-based practices essential to degree completion; and providing a unique practitioner perspective enabling greater overall student and institutional success. (April 2012)

Faculty and Staff: Allies in Default Aversion This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation looks into how some schools have enlisted support from several key areas from within their campuses to impact their cohort default rate (CDR). (April 2012)

Financial Literacy Expert Panel This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation features experts in the financial industry. Train-the-Trainer Graduates, here is your chance to enhance your knowledge base and gain added insight that can assist you with your own financial literacy events. (April 2012)

Federal Student Aid (FSA) Assessments: A Tool for Schools This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation demonstrates how to use the FSA Assessment tool to identify a compliance problem, develop a plan to fix it, and monitor the plan’s implementation. (April 2012)

Satisfactory Academic Progress Workshop This 2012 TG Annual Training Conference presentation is based on NASFAA materials designed to help you understand regulations, prepare policies, and communicate to your students. (April 2012)

Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program TG is an enthusiastic administrator of the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. This video highlights how TG assists borrowers throughout their qualifying service and during the application process. (March 2012)

Introduction to TG's Outreach Program The TG Outreach Program provides resources to help families and students learn more about higher education. This short overview video describes how TG's various initiatives can help students overcome barriers to success. These initiatives include TG's Ambassador Program, college campus visits, informational telethons, and the Texas Financial Aid Information Center. (August 2011)

"I am College Ready" Campus Tour Program TG facilitates college campus visits to help aspiring first-generation college students get college-ready. Participating students, many of whom have never visited a college campus, take a firsthand look at college life and can better envision how to realize their college dreams. This short video shows how a campus visit in summer 2011 helped inspire just such a group of students to visualize themselves in college and to see that their college and career goals are within reach. (August 2011)

Fulfilling the Transfer Promise A policy briefing, hosted by TG, featuring experts discussing the challenges many students experience when attempting to transfer from a 2-year to a 4-year institution. Using studies that focused on several Texas colleges and universities, panelists outline various tactics and effective practices that are helping students successfully manage the transition. (July 2011)

Scaling Up in Student Affairs: A Comprehensive Approach to Facilitating Hispanic Student Engagement and Success A focus on policies and practices in place at South Texas College that help meet the needs of students, particularly those of first-generation, low-income families. (June 2011)

Creating Courageous Conversations that Cultivate a Culture of Student Success for Disenfranchised Populations School experts provide insight on involving internal and external stakeholders for helping to improve students' success in college enrollment and completion. (June 2011)

With Great Challenges Come Great Opportunities: Promising Practices of Texas Community Colleges A report focused on effective strategies at reaching diverse student populations. The featured community colleges include Northwest Vista College, Temple College, and Wharton County Junior College. (June 2011)

Every Default Tells a Story: Look at Yesterday's Defaults to Help Today's Students Succeed A college enrollment management administrator provides insight on how looking at past student default rates can help develop strategies for ensuring future students succeed. (June 2011)

Behavioral Finance in Financial Counseling Blunders and Whys Presenting at the 2011 TG Conference, these experts give financial aid administrators direction in understanding why students make certain financial decisions, and ways in which to counsel them to be more fiscally responsible. (May 2011)

Examining the Impacts of Student Loan Borrowing — A Closer Look at Student Delinquencies and Defaults A 2011 TG Annual Conference presentation focused on the study, Delinquency: The Untold Story of Student Loan Borrowing, by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The study provides data on the repayment behavior of borrowers, quantifies how many are having difficulty repaying their federal education loans, and highlights the scope of student loan borrowers who become delinquent on their loans, but who do not default. (May 2011)

About TG This video provides a short introduction to the business and philanthropic initiatives of TG, including how TG assists students, families, and schools in navigating the college admissions and financial aid processes. (April 2011)

Financial Literacy Program This short video highlights TG's Financial Literacy Program, and the importance of teaching responsible money management techniques to today's students. (March 2011)

Excelencia in Education A national expert provides data on how some Texas institutions specifically serving Hispanic communities are successfully engaging students to pursue a higher education, and what strategies those institutions are using to help students persist in college completion. (February 2011)

Integrated Default Assistant℠ (IDA℠) A brief overview on TG's Integrated Default Assistant, a default management tool that helps schools; track their cohort default rate performance, predict which borrowers have loans at risk of default, manage borrower demographic data, and communicate with targeted borrowers. (January 2011)

Financial Literacy Demo This demonstration provides highlights to TG's revamped Financial Literacy Program. The new program was specifically created to engage students, and help them make better money and debt management decisions. (December 2010)

Texas Financial Aid Information Center, English A 30-second public service announcement focused on the Texas Financial Aid Information Center (TFAIC), a free resource for students and families with questions about going to and paying for college. TFAIC representatives are available to answer questions in English and Spanish. (September 2010)

Texas Financial Aid Information Center, Spanish A 30-second public service announcement (in Spanish) focused on the Texas Financial Aid Information Center (TFAIC), a free resource for students and families with questions about going to and paying for college. TFAIC representatives are available to answer questions in English and Spanish. (September 2010)

Income-Based Repayment This brief presentation describes Income-Based Repayment, and how the option can help make student loan repayment more manageable for borrowers. (August 2010)

Default Prevention Services This brief presentation describes how schools can strengthen their default prevention plans, with insight provided by TG's default prevention consultant, Cindy Marrs. (July 2010)

A Message from TG's CEO A short message features TG's CEO and President, Sue McMillin with her thoughts on the changing landscape within the federal student loan industry, and how TG will continue to provide the services necessary to help schools and students succeed in the future. (July 2010)