Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2024

More Universities Join Chicago in Settling Financial Aid Lawsuit Josh Moody Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Rice, Emory and Vanderbilt quietly settled last fall in a financial aid lawsuit against 17 institutions. Now pressure is mounting for the remaining defendants in the case. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Common App has launched its 2024–2025 application for more than 1,100 colleges and universities worldwide. The platform also offers access to a mobile app, comprehensive financial aid and scholarship information, online portfolios, and an extensive library of counselor resources in English and Spanish.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 16, 2024

Imagining a Financial Aid Portal Elizabeth Redden Tue, 07/16/2024 - 09:30 AM Jim Jump considers the virtues of a financial aid portal to match students wanting more aid with the colleges that want them. Byline(s) Jim Jump

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Adjusting for inflation, students today have paid less and borrowed less money to cover the price of net tuition than their peers throughout the last 20 years thanks to increasing avenues of financial aid, according to a comprehensive report from the College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024.”

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. Experimental evidence on the impacts of need-based financial aid: Longitudinal assessment of the Wisconsin Scholars Grant. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 51 (2), Article 2.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Liam Knox Wed, 11/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The federal aid form could officially launch this week. Hopes for a smooth financial aid cycle, and the Education Department’s chance at redemption, are on the line. Is the FAFSA Ready for Prime Time? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Kim Cassidy Dr. Kim Cassidy will step down as president of Bryn Mawr College in June 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the school’s leader, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial Aid’s Foggy Future Liam Knox Thu, 11/14/2024 - 03:00 AM Whatever happens to the Education Department, Trump’s second term could have major implications for federal financial aid—and the students who rely on it. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today, in this guide, we’ll help you fully understand the college application in the US in 2024. Financial Considerations While planning to study abroad, taking a quick look at your finances is considered healthy. Instruments like financial aid and on-campus work options help you grab deals like student housing in New York City.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ® ) forms have been successfully submitted since the 2024-25 redesigned application went live Dec. James Kvaal ED updated the supporting tables used in the Student Aid Index calculation — which replaced the Expected Family Contribution formula — that account for inflation.

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University Business

JUNE 24, 2024

” Academics, cost, financial aid, career services, graduation rates, student debt and alumni support, among other factors measured by the Princeton Review. All demonstrate impressive commitments to affordability via extremely generous financial aid for students with need and/or a comparatively low sticker price,” he noted.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Amajor expansion of financial aid for California’s college and university students, set to go into effect next year, could now be in jeopardy. Gavin Newsom agreed to overhaul the state’s main financial aid program, the Cal Grant beginning in 2024. As part of last year’s budget agreement, lawmakers and Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

We don’t want the unprecedented delays and changes in this year’s federal aid application process to deter them from coming to CUNY or any college." They will help high school seniors with the journey of applying to and entering college, including the financial aid process, according to CUNY officials. Matos Rodríguez. "We

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University Business

MAY 1, 2023

Along with the launch in December of a simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to request financial help for the 2024-25 year, the Department of Education is also changing its formula to determine who will qualify for aid and how much they’ll receive. Read more from USA Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future. Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab is author of Paying the Price, College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream. The sector can’t take any more punches. Instead, let’s embrace the opportunity and step into the ring together with an effective stance.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

For the 2024-2025 school year, the FAFSA filing season will open in December, two months later than in previous years. The post The new FAFSA: Changes to college financial aid application are ‘tectonic,’ says expert appeared first on University Business. Read more from NBC New York.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Our proposal covers the cost of tuition so that financial aid and scholarship dollars can go further and help students pay for their living expenses,” said Lowery-Hart. That is a game changer.” Funds from the college’s proposed free tuition program would be the first dollars a student would receive to help cover the costs of college.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The View From the FAFSA Trenches Liam Knox Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM A government investigation offered a look behind the scenes of the federal aid fiasco this week. Financial aid professionals say it confirmed their most cynical suspicions. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In July 2024, with the support of the Michelson 20MM Foundation, CSU launched the program, which is part of a longer-term agenda to help build the CSU as a system for supporting student parents. “I'm By Spring 2024, that number had increased to 9,600. Given that 19 percent of all college students, or 3.7

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2024

But perhaps the greatest benefit is an expanded worldview – confirmed by 83% of the college students we surveyed in Terra Dotta’s 2024 Voice of the Students survey report. To help offset the price, most students utilize financial aid, grants and scholarships, but more can be done to help students find and understand alternate funding options.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 8, 2024

After FAFSA Issues, Education Department Faces ‘Crisis of Credibility’ Katherine Knott Mon, 04/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges and universities say they need more honesty and transparency from the department to rebuild their trust in the federal financial aid system. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The University of South Carolina launched an initiative to provide personalized advising for learners on scholarships who are at risk of losing financial aid. Since 2021, around 2,500 students have maintained their scholarships as a result.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 23, 2024

New York State will require public school districts to certify that every high school senior completes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA), a similar financial aid form for undocumented students, or a waiver saying they or their parents have opted out of financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Those who submit a FAFSA or Minnesota Dream Act application for the 2024-2025 academic year will be considered automatically. For students without legal status in particular, costs related to education can pose a significant hurdle, given that undocumented immigrants – including DACA recipients – are not eligible for federal financial aid.

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Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

An out-of-scope college may choose to opt out of federal Title IV financial aid programs while remaining open; this is primarily the case among for-profit colleges. That number of closures seems a bit high since there are only about 6,000 colleges receiving federal financial aid in the United States at this point.

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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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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

.” While fewer classes will be offered in a physical space in the coming years (resulting in fewer students), institutions still need to address student needs with in-person tutoring, academic coaching and in-person assistance with admissions, registration and financial aid.

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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Emily Labandera The April 2024 report uses publicly available data to provide readers with a “fundamental understanding” of who Latino students are, how they fit a “post-traditional student profile,” and the schools they are attending, said Emily Labandera, director of research at Excelencia. Of the Latino students in U.S.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 18, 2024

Student Aid Forms Start Trickling In Liam Knox Mon, 03/18/2024 - 03:00 AM After a two-month delay, the education department finally began sending student aid forms to colleges last week. Financial aid officials are eager to get to work, but slow pace and technical holdups threaten further delays.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2024

About 43 % of Latino students surveyed said that they faced difficulties completing the FAFSA application form, which is required to receive financial aid. Rodriguez said that it was critically important to create opportunities for Latinos—who now make up one in five students at the postsecondary level—to thrive in college.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 27, 2024

Let’s take a look at: Who today’s students are, and what they want Enrollment strategies that cater to modern learners How to speak to prospective students through marketing Evolving Educational Models and Students’ Needs As we push through 2024 and beyond, it’s no secret that online learners are a critical market for institutions to capture.

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