Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

The college, formerly Northwestern Business College established in 1902, served professionals throughout the Chicago area. It offered associate degree-level programming in nursing, health information technology, and radiological technology as well as a bachelor’s degree in health information management. Department of Education.

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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

MARCH 6, 2023

As a whole, UC’s campuses saw fewer applications from in-state community college applicants, out-of-state applicants, and international applicants, the last of which make up a significant portion of the decline. said Jim Rawlins, UCSD associate vice chancellor for enrollment management.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 29, 2024

Financial aid leveraging leaves low-income students and their families with heavy debt loads, Stephen J. Burd writes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

Colorado’s Department of Higher Education frames its basic needs efforts with a “ social determinants of student success ” lens and the California Community College System uses a “ social determinants of education ” framework. Department of Education confirmed that 8% of students experiences homelessness.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s also been hard to watch as some colleagues approach basic needs insecurity with little more than a bit of sweet charity, as if a quick fix (like a couple of cans of beans or a few meal vouchers) could ever counter the new economics of college. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids. What else can and should we do?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

In Budgets and financial management in higher education (pp. The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue. The case of responsibility-centered management. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38 (3), 706-731. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. Jossey-Bass.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 19, 2024

Assemblymember Marc Berman California state legislators are considering a bill designed to ensure that students who are parents can get the most out of their student financial aid. Assemblymember Marc Berman is one of the bill’s primary sponsors. “AB

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

Since then, the team has helped over 23,000 students successfully navigate the path to college and helped them secure over $1 billion in scholarships and financial aid. Robert Robinson, senior managing director of CollegeBound Initiative. The progress is tangible.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

We need to reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit’s eligibility rules so that more affordable housing can be created for community college students, eliminate student restrictions on access to public housing, and revise land use and zoning rules to increase the affordability of rental housing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. How has the college pulled this off? By smothering its students with support.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. The paper offers strategies for colleges to run dual-enrollment programs without breaking the bank.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Scholarships Make a Difference By providing funds for tuition and other expenses, financial aid helps students like me avoid accumulating significant debt. Financial aid and scholarships are essential for helping students like me access a quality education.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Top Student Enrollment Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them In my more than two decades of steering enrollment management at various institutions, I’ve seen students encounter numerous hurdles on their journey to and through higher education. But what are the enrollment solutions ? What happens after I apply?

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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University Business

APRIL 5, 2024

Ghost students, also called “Pell runners,” have caused particular havoc in California, upsetting the institutional security measures and often stealing millions of dollars in financial aid. At the most nefarious level, scammers use the identity of other unsuspecting persons to collect financial aid money.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Colleges and universities are trudging through inflationary construction costs to successfully reinvest in their existing facilities as students’ interactions with the campus community change in an ever-digitalized world, suggests data from the 11th edition of the State of Facilities in Higher Education report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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University Business

APRIL 11, 2025

However, the project management necessary to embed AI across an institution’s IT infrastructure may be just as ambitious. ” Slaby, a former consultant for financial companies before stepping into higher education, was unprepared for higher ed’s notorious silos.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

Department of Education laid off nearly all federal staff responsible for managing, analyzing and interpreting higher education data through the National Center for Education Statistics. College Navigator provides detailed institutional profiles, including enrollment, financial aid, admissions and accreditation data.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Financial Strength and Support: Despite its modest enrollment, Whitman maintains a substantial endowment nearing $800 million. This financial strength enables the college to offer robust financial aid packages, greatly reducing costs for middle-income families and improving access.

Financial Aid 52

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

In Budgets and financial management in higher education (pp. The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue. The case of responsibility-centered management. Mapping community college finance systems to develop equitable and effective finance policy. Understanding budgets. Jossey-Bass.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Lumina Foundation video series on federal financial aid: [link]. Mobility report cards: The role of colleges in intergenerational mobility. In Budgets and financial management in higher education (pp. The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue. Friedman, J. Turner, N., & Yagan, D.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

State financial aid per student in Massachusetts has been steadily decreasing over the last two decades, according to a new study by the Hildreth Institute, a research and policy advocacy center focused on higher education and social mobility. The majority of students had tens of thousands of dollars in unmet financial need each year.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: Setting community college students up for success can result in institutional partnerships, as demonstrated by the University of Dayton’s work with Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The initiative also increases the number of graduates who remain in the Dayton area and contribute to its local workforce.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard Elmira College's partnership with Edify About Elmira College is a private college with a total enrollment of 673 students, a 76% retention rate, and a 56% six-year graduation rate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

Students who are receiving financial aid (n=814) are likelier to say this than students without financial aid, at 48 percent versus 34 percent. Another strategy for helping students manage deadlines is the comprehensive syllabus , used by academic coaches at Wake Forest University.) ” William S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Several years ago, a wise colleague described someone else at the college – a terrific person, high performer, and just generally good egg – as having attained her dream job too young. It stuck with me. My wise colleague had a point. If so, what was the secret?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

The Higher Education Act recognizes organizations that contract with a college or university to help administer or participate in the Title IV financial aid programs as third-party servicers, subject to federal monitoring and compliance requirements.

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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. 21 Dartmouth College 8,065,743 8,484,189 -4.93 million), Lakeland Community College ($5.7

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