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A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in

University Business

percentage points higher in 2022 than it was in 2012, AEI found. Those are the most recent available admission figures reported to the federal government, and do not include institutions with open admission, which take 100 percent of applicants.

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

University Business

Over half (52%) came from the institution, 28% came from the federal government, and 9% from state sources. Federal appropriations and government grants and contracts per student increased by 38% at public doctoral institutions between 2016-17 and 2021-22, after adjusting for inflation.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Then came 2012 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. He says the idea for the bill came “from the failure of the federal government regarding immigration policy, especially when it comes to young people who often come here as infants.” And there was also the issue of not having work permits.”

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The NCAA women's DI basketball tournament, if academics ruled

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a result, the rates on average are significantly higher than the federal graduation rate, the formula the federal government uses to track graduation rates for all students.

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We’re having discussions with policy makers across the spectrum from state and federal [government] … about the fact that we need to be supporting our students through this journey,” Lee said. Lee said funding needs to be cultivated from hospital systems desirous of building their nursing workforce.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Reynolds added that if the state had “provided the federal funding as requested and it was used to finance debt or other impermissible uses according to US Treasury guidelines, the state and taxpayers could have been liable for potential repayment to the federal government.”

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For-profit colleges jumped first: in 2012, the University of Phoenix spent almost $400,000 per day to bring half a million students through its doors. Behavioral economics aside, we would simply note that all states and the federal government subsidize higher education because it’s critically important to both society and to students.