Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

That 2011 guidance enabled the emergence over the last decade of an entire industry of companies known as online program management firms, or OPMs. ” Colleges have given OPMs too much authority over their programs. That has created a “corrosive and corrupting effect on higher education institutions.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 27, 2023

She eventually returned to school at Syracuse University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in three-dimensional art in 2011. The university has also established the Haudenosaunee Promise scholarship, which provides financial aid to qualifying students who are a part of the six nations.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

The university has established over 1,300 articulation agreements with community colleges across the country. When a student from any of these community colleges applies to Franklin University, the system can instantly inform them about the transferability of their courses into their desired degree program.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

She joined the foundation in 2011 with a strong performance measurement, research, and evaluation background. Before 2011, Brown was a senior research associate at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University. He understood their communities. She also leads Lumina’s international engagement.

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

Intelligent, an online news service, rated different colleges’ offerings, measuring criteria like tuition, faculty, retention rates and resources. Wellesley College (Mass.), Haverford College (Pa.), dominated topped the list, offering financial aid packages worth over $75,000. They experienced a whopping 12.4%

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Education Department’s recent guidance expanding the definition of what it means to be a “third-party servicer” for institutions that receive federal financial aid funds put online program management companies, or OPMs, squarely in the center of the bull’s-eye. So no one was remotely surprised that the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Federal law prohibits institutions of higher education from providing a commission or bonuses to individuals or entities based on securing enrollment or financial aid. However, third parties are exempt from the ban on incentive compensation if they provide a bundled set of services, as outlined in guidance issued in 2011.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

Institutions on the list will be asked to submit a plan to improve their program’s financial value, but other consequences were not included in the request. Students also could receive a warning before they receive federal financial aid to attend a program on the list, according to a department fact sheet.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

Since 2016, the Higher Education Inquirer has documented the College Meltdown as a series of demographic and business trends making US higher education of decreasing value to working-class and middle-class folks. This despite the commonly-held belief that college is the only way to improve social mobility.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

The Road Ahead for America's Colleges & Universities. Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. The Diverted Dream: Community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 19001985. Excelsior College Press.

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