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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That includes offering mental health support tailored to trauma and grief related to incarceration and expanding caregiving support and emergency financial aid that considers household disruption due to incarceration. Second, collect better data.

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My 2025 Higher Ed Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. FAFSA and beyond: How advisers manage their administrative burden in the financial aid process. Broton, K.

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Black Women Navigating the Path to College Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In this article, we share the perspectives of three Black female CEOs and our rise to the college presidency. By the time I transferred to the State University, I realized I was a decent student and no longer anxious about my financial aid being denied for academic standing. I later earned my General Education Diploma (G.E.D.)

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U of Chicago Financial Aid Settlement Leaves Co-Defendants in a Tough Spot

Confessions of a Community College Dean

U of Chicago Financial Aid Settlement Leaves Co-Defendants in a Tough Spot Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1053022940.jpg jpg Josh Moody Thu, 08/17/2023 - 03:00 AM

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. Friedman, J. link ) Ward, J. Broton, K.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These two-year and four-year institutions must also enroll a significant number of students who require needs-based financial aid. After years of developing student supports, three of the four institutions featured in this article recently received HSI designation and the fourth is moving toward designation.

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Opinion: The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

University Business

Universities rely on that money to offer financial aid to low-income students; in effect, rich families subsidize the cost of attendance for everyone else. This means that theres often a chasm between the published cost of attendance, or sticker price, and what people actually pay once financial aid is factored in, or the net price.