Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Image: Financial wellness may not be the first area that comes to mind when thinking of well-being, but it is considered one of the eight dimensions of wellness. Inside Higher Ed spoke with three financial aid professionals about their best strategies to strengthen this area for students. What Is Financial Wellness?

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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. Clark an executive who contributed to the University of Phoenixs rise and the company he later worked for, Bridgepoint, replicated deceptive practices around credit transfers, financial aid, and recruitment at Ashford.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2024

Financial aid officers’ ability to process FAFSA forms is the only way for prospective students and their parents to know what kind of federal aid they can expect from a specific school. billion in aid will now be available to students. As a result, approximately $1.8

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. million in 2021,” the commission’s report states.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The silver lining for many students is that the university is also expanding financial aid, raising the income threshold for free tuition, room and board from $75,000 to $100,000. ” According to Stanford’s website, about two-thirds of students receive some form of financial aid.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nine out of 10 colleges either exclude or understate their net cost of attendance in student financial aid offers, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a government watchdog organization. Here are three ways to do so.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Public Administration Review, 78(4), 626-639.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially. by Terri E. Watch his TEDx speech here.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Staff and administrators are navigating frequent updates and shifting processes and timelines; and further uncertainty about aid and finances has added to the worries prospective students already feel about affording a degree. Above all, use language people understand. Keep Iterating Listen, communicate, repeat.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

A great financial aid officer who aspires to be a finance and admin VP will suddenly be responsible for overseeing construction and bond issues. The pervasive and corrosive narrative of “administrative bloat” makes matters worse. But moving up the ranks typically involves working with more areas.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 2, 2023

Finances: does this school likely fit your budget? You can figure out whether this school fits your budget by doing research both on the college’s website and on third party websites that publish basic financial aid data. What are those factors? Well, there can be a whole lot of them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

This was the 90s, so it looked a lot different than today, but those years were a fantastic way to learn about many different types of institutions and experience what students, faculty, and administrators needed and wanted.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

Gottlieb says these aren’t always bad news for students, either: “Sometimes it means that the student hasn’t shown up in Financial Aid to sign their promissory note.” ” More difficult are financial holds due to large balances that students must pay on their own.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 30, 2024

It brings success in both the academic and administrative aspects of your institution. When integrated with other systems, Student Management Systems (SMS) straighten the difficult everyday processes like student enrollment, class scheduling, course registration, and financial administration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

She thinks states have also responded to concerns about college affordability by granting funding requests attached to promises for a tuition freeze—as state lawmakers did in Tennessee and are contemplating in Texas—or to help with financial aid in general. percent went to financial aid and 11.4 Alaska 10.5%

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Nor am I referring to the wealthiest institutions’ lavish amenities and outrageous administrative salaries, though I do feel that those salaries and the size of the administrative staff are unconscionable at a nonprofit campus. The result was to anger middle-class parents while failing to increase net revenue.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The decision drew dissent from CSU’s faculty union and students who are already struggling with their current expenses, but university officials defended the decision, stating that the tuition raise will help CSU continue supporting student financial aid and academic success programs.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2023

Higher education finance leaders face declining enrollment , rising labor costs, inflation and decreased funding from state, federal and donor sources as the top challenges expected to have the greatest financial impact on their institutions over the next five to 10 years, according to a recent Syntellis survey.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Holy Names had “struggled to remain” open while administrators sought a merger as they grappled with rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and students’ increased need for financial aid. “HNU, which extends significant institutional aid, is dependent upon tuition and residence hall revenue.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2022

That said, more colleges and universities raised tuition and fees in 2022-23 than in the previous two years, the College Board reports in its latest look at financial aid trends. How financial aid is impacting college tuition. In 2022-23, average sticker prices and fees are 1.8% higher for private nonprofit institutions.

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Via's

AUGUST 15, 2023

To finance their global experiences, most of the surveyed students relied on scholarships and financial aid, followed by family support, personal savings, and student jobs. Via simplifies the entire process, saving students ( and administrators ) valuable time and effort.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Using the fee accounting and financial management software , students and parents can use the latest technology tools to connect various departments such as admission, finance, transport, hostel, library, and more. No more manual records or calculations on sheets of paper.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Both educators and administrators can benefit from the power of data analysis by gaining useful insights that motivate wise choices and improve student outcomes. Streamlining administrative processes. Data management automation can help collate and map tons of data seamlessly, reducing administrative burdens and human errors.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“Let’s take that chance to inform them about the admissions process, broader financial aid, other programs we have.” ” Now administrators are starting to see that dual enrollment can be a tool to engage high school students who might not have otherwise considered college.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s one thing for students to be told that they will be admitted if they apply to a particular institution, but these schools rarely provide tailored information on which academic programs might be a fit, how much a student might be eligible for in scholarships and financial aid, or any other direct guidance.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

AUGUST 20, 2024

tuition and fees and financing options topped a list of five things students want to know before enrolling. Students should not have to toggle between their chosen program page and a separate page for financial information. Financing higher education can be complex. How Do I Pay?

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Top 6 Advantages of Student Information Systems in Higher Education admin Tue, 02/18/2025 - 06:19 Tune In To Our Audio Blog In this changing landscape, with constant shifts in student demographics, and enrollment behaviors due to globalization, can a rigid administrative process or a legacy student information system foster student success?

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

From admissions and registration to IT, academic affairs, and financial aid, there are many individuals who you need to involve for your course-sharing initiative to succeed. Multi-SIS integration provides numerous benefits, including improving the experience for students and reducing the burden on your administrative resources.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

“The TSU board, President Glover and the TSU administration take the concerns raised in the comptroller’s report seriously and have taken measures and will take additional substantive measures to ensure these issues are addressed and corrected,” said Deborah Cole, a former bank president and the board chair.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 15, 2023

schools that offer fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs increased 85% — from 284 to 526 — between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Beyond Mass Personalization: Taking Personalization to a Higher Level Fact: The number of U.S.

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Creatrix Campus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With round-the-clock access to most of the critical services, students can easily browse for courses, register for classes, manage finances, and pay on the go. Review as to who has met the GPA, who has taken the advisor’s help, who has paid/not paid, and who performs all administrative tasks related to registration in the same system. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware. She primarily investigates student financial aid/finance, admissions policies, and policies that influence the ability to create an inclusive & equitable campus climate.

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