Department: Financial Aid and Scholarships
Areas of expertise:
- Financial Aid in College
- Student-Parent Conversations about Money
- Money Management for College Students
- Personal Finance
- Financial Policy in Higher Education
With expertise in financial aid and financial policy in higher ed, paying for college and personal finance for college students, Barnett seeks to educate college students and families about smart ways to pay for college. Along with working in financial aid and scholarships, Barnett teaches a class on personal finance each semester.
Media contact: Eric Gorton, gortonej@jmu.edu
In the news
- FAFSA delay scrambles college fall plans (Inside Higher Ed)
- Thriving, not just surviving (Santa Ynez Valley News)
- Use This Financial Aid Award Letter Sample (U.S. News & World Report)
- College Seniors: Know These 4 Financial Tips For Your Last Month of College (MONEY U.S. News)
- The Money Talk All Parents and Teens Need to Have Before College (MONEY U.S. News)
- Decode Your Financial Aid Package (U.S. News)
- How to Land More Money to Pay for College (MONEY U.S. News)
- Building College Foundations (Daveramsey.com)
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