Robert Kelchen

APRIL 29, 2024

I have spent most of the last year digging into the topic of heightened cash monitoring (HCM), perhaps the federal government’s most important tool in its higher education accountability toolbox at this time. HCM places colleges’ federal financial aid disbursements under additional scrutiny in order to protect taxpayer dollars.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

The College Scorecard, a 2015 tool created by the U.S. College Navigator provides detailed institutional profiles, including enrollment, financial aid, admissions and accreditation data. Leaders can build local and collective capacity to tell their stories well, with or without federal scaffolding.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

MARCH 15, 2020

Financial Literacy and Education Commission, between the academic years of 2004-2005 and 2015-2016, the cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board at public institutions rose 34%. This means that more students have taken on debt to pay for college—much of which consists of federal government loans totaling more than 1.5

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. When we formally launched it again in 2015, we started to incorporate more and more data.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Emeritus, 2015-present. And the Federal Government requires that, look, if we’re going to give you a lot of money, we want you to uphold certain minimum standards. But we as the Federal Government don’t want to be in the business of telling everybody what to do. They certify federal financial aid.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Department delivered long-awaited relief to borrowers who attended some of the most notoriously predatory institutions to ever participate in the federal financial aid programs. The table below compares the progress made by the Biden-Harris Administration in these key discharge areas compared to other administrations.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. million in the first round of COVID relief funds, underscoring the significant impact of these aids. You’re right. [00:06:11]

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