Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 31, 2024

The last year has been a hellish one for many college financial aid directors—and, not surprisingly, for the head of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, who’s leaving his role after 14 years.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2024

If we’ve learned anything from this last year, it’s just how critical financial aid administrators are to ensuring students can access postsecondary education,” NASFAA President and CEO Justin Draeger said in a statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Manny Rodriguez His job entails research and collaboration with other education groups, state legislators, and education officials in accordance with TICAS’s mission to increase college access, affordability, and success through improvements in student financial aid policies.

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Higher Education Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Title: Pell for Incarcerated Students Working Group Report Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) The signing of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act canceled the ban on access to Pell Grants for formerly or currently incarcerated adults.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much. With how significantly students today regard colleges’ costs and scholarship packages when making their enrollment decision, it may prove wise to take a more transparent approach to student costs.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 12, 2023

Colleges interested in providing prison education programs need to adapt their financial aid practices to best serve incarcerated students, according to a new report from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Title: Evaluating Student and Institutional Experiences With HEERF Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and HCM Strategists A new report evaluates the administration of federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) dollars across three rounds (..)

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University Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

Instead, strained financial aid offices will have to submit individualized form corrections, a tall feat at large institutions with thousands of incorrectly filed forms. Some college students might not have financial aid dollars in their hands in time to start classes in the next few weeks.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Jill Desjean, a senior policy analyst at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), said the original intent of this new FAFSA was to serve more minoritized groups, who often reported difficulty in completing the original, lengthy and more complicated form.

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Title: National Student Aid Profile: Overview of 2022 Federal Programs Source: NASFAA Federal financial aid programs play a critical role for students as college costs continue to rise. NASFAA aims to increase awareness.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I write regarding Wesley Whistle's December essay urging Congress to step in to improve the transparency of financial aid letters. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Justin Draeger. President & CEO.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 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 ) Ward, J. Clayton, A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Coleman said that a common structure that schools are using is to have an overarching committee focusing on big picture issues, with subcommittees focusing on potential effects for individual departments.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the flurry of higher ed staff processing and packaging aid offers, reviewing financial aid appeals and counseling students on the changes, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) is asking the Department of Education to work closely with financial aid offices to protect underresourced students from the lightning-quick (..)

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Administrators should also take heed of the fact that the GAO is urging Congress to require colleges and universities to provide clear, standard information in all financial aid offers. “The GAO report highlights the ways schools are falling short in communicating college costs to students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

The Biden administration is best known for one thing: vastly overreaching its authority and then acting surprised when it gets pushback. Students reading this might recognize the names of potential third-party servicers like Blackboard or Canvas that could get swept up under the new definition and compliance regime. 15, the U.S.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments. Similarly, building an online infrastructure to appease the demands of digitally native students will prove costly.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Financial aid administrators at colleges and universities say a lack of time and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education are key barriers they’ll face in preparing to carry out the coming overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. 1—the launch date for the FAFSA since 2016.

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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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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

When challenged to explain the proposed ban on asynchronous distance learning for these programs, the Department only alluded to vague anecdotes of complaints about program quality and concerns about administration by institutions. Letters to the Department from a bipartisan group of U.S.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2023

“You see these headlines of college prices skyrocketing, that sort of thing, you know, it sends a message to low-income families that college is unaffordable,” said Jill Desjean, senior policy analyst for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, according to The Hill.

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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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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

“A delayed release date could compound that confusion and result in a decline in applicants for federal student aid,” the coalition wrote. “We want to work with you to avoid that scenario.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

“It’s about setting up that mind-set: even though you don’t have a full-time job, the concept of saving, the concept of living within your means, budgeting,” shares Dana Kelly, vice president of professional development for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Can you provide demographic or psychographic information on your online student population? Student Support Questionnaire What forms of payment are allowed? How does the institution track students’ financial aid status? Can payments be made online?

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Gustafson served in faculty and administration at Presbyterian for nearly two decades before departing to Mercer University (Ga.) There, she served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose 2000-student population is double the size of Presbyterian’s, according to the college’s website. president. “It

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hossler has received career achievement awards from the American College Personnel Association, the Association for Institutional Research, the College Board, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. “Edu Alliance is honoured to welcome Don to the Advisory Council,” said Managing Partner Dean Hoke.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639. link ) University of Tennessee System’s FY2023 budget: [link] University of Tennessee System’s FY2022 annual financial report: [link] UTK’s Budget Allocation Model website: [link] Higher education expenditures Archibald, R. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

But the system doesn’t have enough administrative staff to navigate the complexities of managing a multistate workforce and can’t offer the flexibility some employees want. She also noted that a growing lack of financial aid officers at the colleges risks slowing down the processing of student financial aid paperwork.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Jill Desjean, senior policy analyst, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators “These waivers have been in place for three years, so schools have been really used to them,” said Jill Desjean, a senior policy analyst with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 25, 2022

Enrollment professionals must have a clear-eyed understanding of the extent to which the university’s location is attractive to prospective international students. Hossler’s areas of specialization include college choice, student persistence, student financial aid policy, and enrollment management.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Michael Connolly, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, argued that if the forgiveness program was cancelled, the Biden administration could use the Higher Education Act as a source of authority to forgive a greater amount of debt. He described himself as cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the case.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Joe Biden’s tenure in office has proven his administration does not take the pandemic lightly for higher education: His $40 billion bandage has helped over 18 million students receive emergency aid since 2021, according to the Department of Education’s latest performance report on HEERF.

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