Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Institutions review the data and put together a financial aid offer, helping families decide which institution is the best fit for them and their wallets. The result of all the chaos could be a diminished freshman class entering postsecondary education in fall 2024 and a continued racial gap in educational achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s now common knowledge among college administrators and staff that many students experience shortfalls of the essentials. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids. Let’s commit to that goal for 2024. What else can and should we do? What constitutes scalable and effective support for students’ basic needs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

When the FAFSA Simplification Act begins to take effect this July, it’s expected to significantly affect the process of applying for financial aid, making the paperwork less complex and altering the formula for eligibility. States may respond by modifying their aid programs if they don’t want to pay more or cannot afford to.

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Higher Education Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

Lewis and Alyssa Stefanese Yates Source: uAspire Prior to the 2024-25 academic year, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) underwent significant changes, mandated by Congress through the FAFSA Simplification Act. A recent uAspire survey of 274 students, parents, counselors, and financial aid administrators.

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University Business

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As concerns around the cost of a credential continue to surge, college administrators, policymakers and the sector’s countless stakeholders are working aggressively to conquer the changing postsecondary landscape. Higher education frequently found itself in the national spotlight this past year.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Aid Officer’s Advocate Liam Knox Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:00 AM The interim president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators discusses cost transparency, staff burnout and, of course, FAFSA. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Combined institutions can be the result of one college acquiring another, but it can also be an administrative consolidation for reporting purposes that does not change anything for students. Similar examples of administrative consolidations are visible at public colleges in Tennessee and Vermont.

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University Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

.” “Frustration will likely continue because even if students fill out the FAFSA today, we still don’t have an exact date of when schools will receive FAFSA applicant data, so financial aid administrators can begin building and communicating financial aid package,” said Draeger in a statement yesterday.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Plus, how current students, faculty, administration, and overall staff engage with the campus has changed. The post Facility reinvestment, bogged by inflationary costs, manages upswing in 2024, report appeared first on University Business. At the same time, campus expansion has remained flat for a third year as enrollment has ebbed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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University Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

1 through a phased rollout, allowing the Office of Federal Student Aid to resolve any system errors that might arise before its official release. Instead, strained financial aid offices will have to submit individualized form corrections, a tall feat at large institutions with thousands of incorrectly filed forms.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Financial Strength and Support: Despite its modest enrollment, Whitman maintains a substantial endowment nearing $800 million. This financial strength enables the college to offer robust financial aid packages, greatly reducing costs for middle-income families and improving access.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Podcast Overview: • Breakdown of the 2023-2024 Negotiated Rulemaking impact on distance education and clock hour programs. Practical advice on managing the delayed rollout of the new FAFSA form and its implications for enrollment and financial aid processes.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Leaders seemed to be accurate in predicting students’ needs for cultivating belonging, improving mental health resources and expanding financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Enhance financial aid and scholarship opportunities (24%) Enhance financial aid and scholarship opportunities (17%) 6.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Department of Education is supposed to release an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October, but organizations representing financial aid officers and college access groups are seeking to confirm that timeline. 1, as currently planned.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

“More than 17 million students and thousands of schools use the FAFSA form to help access and award financial aid every year, but far too many are locked out of aid because of the cumbersome processes and outdated technology that come with the current form,” FSA chief operating officer Richard Cordray said in a statement.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Tom Netting, president of TEN Government Strategies and Washington Update expert, about anticipated changes in higher education following the 2024 US elections. Drawing from his policy expertise on The Hill, Netting discusses potential shifts under the incoming administration.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

Providing more financial aid and more information about financial aid can help prospective students make a true risk assessment. Providing more generous financial aid targeted based on need and simple to apply for has a strong positive impact on increasing enrollment and persistence.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Public Administration Review, 78(4), 626-639. 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 ) Rutherford, A., &

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

Administrators pledged to rehabilitate UAGC and abandon the exploitation that landed the former Ashford in legal hot water. In the waning days of 2024, Nolan Cabrera, a professor at the universitys Center for the Study of Higher Education, wrote a public warning to students, urging them not to enroll in UAGC.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 30, 2024

Integrating Student Management Systems with Other Educational Technologies: A Path to Holistic Education Management editor Fri, 05/31/2024 - 01:24 It is undeniably true that a higher education institution with an efficient student management system in place runs like a well-oiled machine. Keeps data privacy and security in place.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 31, 2024

Fee Management System: 10 Important Advantages for Higher Education Leaders admin Thu, 08/01/2024 - 01:19 Implementing a fee management system may be a crucial step for higher education leaders to improve fee collections and increase revenue. By reducing financial burden, this strategy also increases accessibility to education.

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The Student Affairs Blog

MAY 9, 2024

The Division of Student Affairs received some questions this spring centered around changes to returning student housing application process for 2024-25, general availability of on-campus housing for students, health and safety in the residence halls, and navigating the local off-campus housing market. Below are responses to those questions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Exemplar: Davidson College Davidson Colleges “The Davidson Trust” ensures that students graduate debt-free by replacing loans with grants in financial aid packages. Changes in administration or legislative priorities can lead to significant shifts in funding, compliance obligations, and accreditation standards.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Release PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students Users of the Naviance platform will now have easier access to offers of college admission and financial aid via EAB’s Concourse technology September 12, 2023 FOLSOM, CALIF.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

We stand ready to help millions more students complete the FAFSA and get the financial aid they need to pursue their dreams of a college education.” We need a better FAFSA form to deliver financial aid to students going to college and other forms of education after high school,” said U.S. The expanded hours begin Nov.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By 2024, 31% of the adult learner market will be Gen Z. Students also frequently seek information about college costs (39%) and financial aid (38%). Ensure information about tuition, fees, financial aid, and scholarships is readily available across your website. Your website provides an important first impression.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 9, 2024

10 Key Benefits of Using Fee Management Software in Higher Education admin Wed, 10/09/2024 - 13:28 Tune In To Our Audio Blog Higher Education institutions are increasingly moving towards an automated age of cloud, mobile, and big data analytics. If you wish to be one such institution, Creatrix Campus can help.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

This success story underscores the crucial role of technology in not only supporting administrative functions but also in driving institutional growth. And the pandemic made it worse and added noise to the system, but now it’s early 2024. [00:39:57] However, this transformation didn’t materialize as expected.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

In April 2024, researchers Richard R. While the full make-up of the entering class of 2024 has yet to be decided, Krinsky and others agree that institutions need to take lessons now from those who already confronted statewide affirmative action bans. It’s become financially burdensome in a way that’s not worth it to some.”

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Higher Education Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The fallout from the resulting chaos and uncertainty was well-documented and widespread, including a drop in over 5 percent in first-year enrollment for fall 2024 linked at least in part to the FAFSA. The post Good News About the FAFSA appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. The class of 2022 was much more likely to be attending school in person where they were better connected to support, to school counselors, to financial aid nights, and FAFSA completion events,” he said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Melanie Storey, deputy director of policy implementation and oversight for the Office of Federal Student Aid, told attendees at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ leadership conference that the agency wouldn’t commit to a launch date this fall, though it is working aggressively toward an Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Jennifer Nájera Another step forward came in 2013 with the passing of the California Dream Act, which made undocumented students eligible to apply for state financial aid.

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University Business

JULY 12, 2023

Financial aid offices often deal with some of higher education’s most complex, nuanced and flat-out tricky fine-print problems. FAFSA forms for the 2024-25 academic year will not be available until December , which can bottleneck applications that offices are used to receiving two months prior.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 17, 2025

Million Borrowers The Biden-Harris Administration today announced its final round of student loan forgiveness, approving more than $600 million for 4,550 borrowers through the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan and 4,100 individual borrower defense approvals. The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulative $188.8

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