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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanderbilt University is expanding its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program, known as Opportunity Vanderbilt. We want everyone who has what it takes to get into Vanderbilt to be able to enroll, regardless of their financial background.

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See which 9 schools are the latest to make college free

University Business

At $141 million this fiscal year, Carnegie Mellon has increased its investment in undergraduate financial aid by 86% since 2009. Brandeis University had committed to meeting 100% of students’ demonstrated financial aid even before the initiative.

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S. Our findings suggest that selecting majors with high returns is a sound financial decision, but at the same time, if a student has decided to pursue a major with a lower return, they may want to consider pursuing additional training or education to improve their labor market prospects,” said Zhang.

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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

Adjusting for inflation, students today have paid less and borrowed less money to cover the price of net tuition than their peers throughout the last 20 years thanks to increasing avenues of financial aid, according to a comprehensive report from the College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024.”

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Building pipelines After attending undergraduate and graduate school, Thompson built a career as a professor, administrator, and researcher/writer before joining the CPE in 2009 as senior vice president for academic affairs. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services.

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States are finding ways to raise postsecondary attainment

University Business

from 2009 to 2022, according to the latest data available from the Lumina Foundation. Louisiana is also bracing for a $250 million budget shortfall that could slash programs and deprive students of financial aid, according to nola.com. With the national rate at 54.3%, states are pledging to reach 55% to 65% by 2030.

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

They also added graduation rates for first-generation students using College Scorecard data, but this is just for students who received federal financial aid. As a result, the response rate has declined from 68% in 1989 to 48% in 2009 and 30.8% They may already be quite good enough.)