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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even before it launched, the 2024-2025 FAFSA form faced criticism for its calculations not accounting for inflation, a now-fixed issue that was part of the reason for this most recent delay. It then proceeded with its pre-announced delayed launch on Dec. 30 instead of the usual Oct.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says the idea for the bill came “from the failure of the federal government regarding immigration policy, especially when it comes to young people who often come here as infants.” Fed failure That’s the feeling of California Assembly member David Alvarez who introduced the legislation last February. From the president Dr. Michael V.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But recent findings from a year later show marked—though inequitable—progress toward the foundation’s goal that 60 percent of working-age adults in the country hold a degree or credential by 2025.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The other universities that failed to achieve 50 percent—Bond, Federation and Notre Dame Australia—are due for re-registration in 2024 or 2025. Sources say it would make little sense to demote an institution amid the federal government’s universities accord review process, which could transform the sector anyway.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students in these programs are eligible for Pell Grants, though not federal student loan aid. Since 2010, the federal government has funded model demonstration programs known as Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability, or TPSID, sites.

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Advancing Social Justice Through Scholarly Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Through our ongoing partnership, we are committed to taking education and corporate America higher by advancing academic research, ensuring student success at publicly supported HBCUs and serving as a liaison to the federal government and local officials for our members and their students.”

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FAFSA fail creates “state of emergency” in West Virginia

University Business

I encourage students to continue working to complete the FAFSA so that they can get as much money from other sources, including the federal government, as possible.” However, he expects everything to go smoothly when students begin filling out the 2024-2025 application, which should be available on Oct. 1, the Times added.