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College Students Are Hungry to Learn Everywhere

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But finally, in spring 2020, the federal government asked undergraduates if they had enough to eat or a safe place to sleep. Now Congress and federal agencies have a full picture of the problem. We must ensure that federal data collection continues so that policymakers know what they are dealing with.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

The study defines a good job as one that pays a minimum of around $38,000 in 2020 for workers younger than age 35. Providing more financial aid and more information about financial aid can help prospective students make a true risk assessment. The median pay is around $57,000 annually.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The Think College National Coordinating Center, based at the University of Massachusetts at Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion, in 2020 announced it would receive a five-year, $10 million Education Department grant to continue assisting postsecondary programs.

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A Return to the ‘Normal-Normal’: Colleges Ready to Adjust to End of Pandemic Emergencies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Forgiveness and Borrower Assistance Actions (US Department of Education)

Higher Education Inquirer

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.

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If the federal government disagrees with what a state does, there are potential risks to federal financial aid, which would be catastrophic for state higher education systems,” he says. Young says the consequences could be far-reaching. “If There would have to be some kind of political consequences for it.”

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Biden administration to list low-performing programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, managing director of policy and research at Higher Learning Advocates, a bipartisan nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for students, said the federal government is lagging behind state leaders, who already have been talking about how to define a high-quality postsecondary program. ” Other Caveats.