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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Higher Ed Groups Have a Plan to Improve Financial Aid Offers Katherine Knott Tue, 09/26/2023 - 03:00 AM Nearly a year after the Government Accountability Office said that colleges are failing to tell students how much their education will actually cost, a new initiative aims to provide students with more clarity.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams. The absence of outcry speaks volumes, reinforcing the notion that the presence of these students on campus is tolerated rather than embraced.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

2023, August 10). link ) The financial viability of higher education Britton, T., 2023, November 13). State higher education finance: FY 2023. 2023, December 4). Trends in college pricing and student aid 2024. Happy reading! The higher education finance landscape and data sources Burke, L. Dans & S.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

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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AUGUST 26, 2024

that offered IT and health-care programs shut down in May 2023 after the Education Department cut it off from federal financial aid—one of 35 institutions in the last three years that have lost access to the funding source that’s a lifeline for most colleges. A for-profit college based in Washington, D.C.,

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Legislation to include step-children under the umbrella of “dependent” has been introduced for the 2023 Arkansas Legislative Session, ABC7 reported. This would affect whether the stepchildren of certain veterans can get prioritized academic financial aid.

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MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We million investment from the city.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. And Decatur will be available through March 2023 to support the transition. Dr. Sean M.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Positive Potential Minnesota also has the American Indian Scholars Program, which was established in the 2023 legislative session. If you’re being raised by your aunt or uncle, which may be very common and familiar in your community, that’s going to be super confusing and shut you down immediately.”

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APRIL 7, 2023

Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completion.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

U of Chicago Financial Aid Settlement Leaves Co-Defendants in a Tough Spot Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1053022940.jpg jpg Josh Moody Thu, 08/17/2023 - 03:00 AM

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JUNE 23, 2023

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. The program will also give those with family incomes of $65,000 or less financial assistance for housing, meals, and some course materials or other campus expenses. 1 that reflect this change.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. CASE InsightsSM on Voluntary Support of Education Survey Council for Advancement and Support of Education There were 757 institutions to participate in the VSE survey in 2023, when many gifts from organizations rose. Giving to U.S. of total support.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Those selected will receive a full tuition-only need/merit scholarships for the 2023–2024 academic school year. college student during the 2022–2023 academic school year with a GPA of 3.5 Scholarships will be rewarded up to $10,000 each. Scholarships will be rewarded up to $10,000 each. The $20,000 Lenora M. The $15,000 Dr. Lillian M.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Secretary of Education under President Obama, will become the 15th chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), effective January 2023. During his tenure, he worked to simplify financial aid, oversaw federal investments in efforts to increase college completion, and advocated for the president’s America’s College Promise proposal.

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MAY 20, 2024

This first Equity Innovations Guide illustrates results the organization has gathered from pilots and initiatives it had implemented over the years on matters of college admissions, financial aid, and equity. Spurred on by these findings, Common App then launched a full-scale, 71-school version of this program in Fall 2023.

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MARCH 7, 2024

The passage of the bipartisan FAFSA Simplification Act and the FUTURE Act sought, in part, to make the new FAFSA application, launched by the Department in December 2023, more efficient and straightforward for the over 17 million students who fill out the form each year.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

John Pierre In 2023, the Southern University System Board of Supervisors selected Pierre to serve as the interim executive vice president for the Southern’s Baton Rouge Campus and named him chancellor six months later. “You

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JANUARY 3, 2024

link ) University of Tennessee System’s FY2024 budget: [link] University of Tennessee System’s FY2022 annual financial report: [link] UTK’s Budget Allocation Model (responsibility center management) website: [link] Higher education expenditures Archibald, R. link ) Commonfund Institute (2023). 2023 higher education price index.

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JULY 11, 2024

"Welcome Jags" sign from Fall 2023 at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. From TAMUSA Photo Archives, "Jaguar March", Aug 2023. Ninety-eight percent of his students receive some form of financial aid. The need is real, and it prevents many of our students from completing their degrees,” said Ochoa.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

SACSCOC will review the school again in December 2023. Augustine was previously on probation between 2016 and 2018 due to financial issues and institutional effectiveness doubts. According to the school, student financial aid will not be affected. .

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Today, we’re raising the bar for oversight and accountability for colleges and career schools that prioritize profiting off federal financial aid programs over preparing students for success in the workforce,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

In Fall 2023, 8,500 students across the CSU system reported having dependents. These figures show the growing need for comprehensive support services tailored to student parents, who often struggle with managing childcare, financial burdens, and academic demands. By Spring 2024, that number had increased to 9,600.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Podcast Will the SCOTUS Ruling Influence Financial Aid Strategy? September 12, 2023. EAB’s Vashae Dixon and Brett Schraeder discuss the ways in which financial aid professionals are adapting to the recent SCOTUS ruling barring consideration of race or ethnicity in university admissions. Episode 165.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) The financial viability of higher education Ducoff, N. Ever-increasing listed tuition and institutional aid: The role of net price differentials by year of study. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. link ) Kelchen, R.,

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MAY 7, 2023

won a 2023 Bellwether Award for its submission, Hudson Scholars, in the award category of Instructional Programs and Services. The 2023 Bellwether Award recipients were from New Jersey, Georgia, and Texas. Hudson County Community College (N.J.) Hudson County Community College (N.J.)

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Black students have lower six-year completion rates for degrees or certificate programs than any other racial or ethnic group, according to a recent Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2023 State of Higher Education study.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Seventy percent or so of our students get financial aid, and they, with our help, can succeed and go on and get productive careers,” says Randall, who has worked in California community colleges for about 25 years. “In People recognized pretty quickly that she had a skill level that we had been needing,” he says.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

At our Black-serving institution, the maintenance and operations team, primarily men of color, encourage students to apply for financial aid or recommend grabbing a free meal before heading off campus to work or to class. All employees see themselves as student success advocates.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

College applications are up for fall 2023, the Common App’s latest numbers show, including underrepresented and first-generation students. ” More from UB : 1 in 6 college students are literally gambling with their financial aid.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For only the second time in history, state funding to public colleges in 2023 exceeded per-student funding levels unseen since before the Great Recession. Perhaps more relevant to higher ed leaders, fiscal year 2023 saw the largest decline in tuition revenue since SHEF began tracking such data in 1980. million in 2023, down 0.5%

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MAY 13, 2024

Michael Koppenheffer The report draws on responses to EAB’s 2024 First-Year Experience Survey, which asked almost 13,000 2023 high school graduates a series of questions related to overall college student perspectives, experiences, and satisfaction. Another factor contributing to students’ choices to not enroll was cost.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 8, 2024

State Higher Ed Funding is Still Rising—for Now Liam Knox Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Even as federal stimulus waned, lawmakers boosted support for public colleges in 2023, with an emphasis on financial aid. Can it make up for falling tuition revenue? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Waiting for FAFSA Liam Knox Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM A major overhaul to the federal student aid form delayed its launch at least two months. That means headaches for everyone from financial aid officers to applicants. Byline(s) Katherine Knott Liam Knox

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

End-of-Year FAFSA Launch Could Cause More Delays, Headaches Katherine Knott Thu, 11/16/2023 - 03:00 AM Colleges and universities will face a tighter timeline to get students their financial aid offer letters, and students will have less time to make decisions. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

And financial aid packages that apply on-campus follow them as well, Hoose said. As a student also seeking a minor in French, Toledo spent Spring 2023 immersing himself in French culture, history, and language through the IFE - The Strasbourg Field Study and Internship Program.

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