Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Everywhere you look there are signs that the higher education sector is precariously rocking, such that even a strong jab might take it down. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab Everyone from editorial boards to trustees to state higher education officers to congressional leaders and pundits has an opinion about what to do. Definitely.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

It definitely made us realize that we need to make a significant investment in need-based aid.” All in all, the researchers found that direct admissions was less impactful on application or enrollment than an offer of financial aid, conditioned on admission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

While PSLF already offers relief to ECE employees of nonprofit institutions, that’s not where the majority of ECE workers are employed, said Mark Kantrowitz, author of How to Appeal for More College Financial Aid and director of the Research Science Institute, a summer research program for high schoolers at MIT.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

With higher education costs rising since the turn of the century, some question whether a college degree has the value it once did. In a recent Gallup poll, only 36% of adults expressed confidence in higher education. However, a quick look over the data confirms there is still great value in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

“Students no longer wish to pursue their education, or their grades suffer. And that means that if they’re applying to selective colleges and universities, they are less competitive to get into those schools and to get financial aid from those schools.” And students from lower-income backgrounds have even less flexibility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

Daniel Klasik, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, some of this can be chalked up to students signing for the Common App and realizing that it is not as necessary for achieving their goals as they had thought.

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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. Narrowing the usability of higher ed data The layoffs werent just about IPEDS. In March 2025, the U.S.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

President David Greene believes the financial aid package will help “families on the higher and lower ends of the middle-income spectrum who’ve fallen between the cracks and are left behind.” ” Greene’s comments shed light on a more significant issue across higher education.

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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. 15, the U.S.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 23, 2023

Do my test scores matter if I need financial aid? Definitely. the Ivy League) are generous with the students for whom they provide financial aid, the fact is that the majority of students in the Ivy League pay full price (on average: more students pay full price at Brown than at Harvard). Very solid evidence.

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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. Schools like Houghton University (N.Y.), Washington & Jefferson (Pa.), Colby-Sawyer (N.H.)

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Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

And the uptick in the number of college closures in the last year or two has been obvious to nearly everyone in higher education. While I greatly appreciate Higher Ed Dive ’s running list of college closures , the two more definitive sources for college closures come from the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight.

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University Business

AUGUST 9, 2024

1 to ensure successful rollout Families also reported being stressed out by the FAFSA delays and seeking out other sources of financial aid. Families also had some definite thoughts on financial aid offers: An overwhelming majority would prefer to receive “a simplified, standardized letter,” the study noted.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

Providing more financial aid and more information about financial aid can help prospective students make a true risk assessment. Providing more generous financial aid targeted based on need and simple to apply for has a strong positive impact on increasing enrollment and persistence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

EAB 2024 Parent Survey EAB 2024 Parent Survey Haywood said JCSU has found it necessary to re-educate parents and caretakers about the financial aid process, including explaining new definitions and types of aid. “We Not understanding cost is a major source of anxiety and there is a rising aversion to debt.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. In 2019, TIF introduced an innovative career education model that prepares students for high-demand careers.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Boosting student financial literacy skills is a key to their wellness , and financial aid officers agree it should be an effort the whole campus community gets involved in. Educators and higher education professionals can equip and encourage financial literacy among students using online education.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog. Who they are Typically, adult learners—sometimes called “non-traditional students,” although that definition is fading from the vernacular—are defined as students aged 25 or older.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image: State fiscal support for public higher education institutions is up 6.6 percent for fiscal year 2023, according to the latest report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. billion of federal funding on higher ed. percent went to financial aid and 11.4

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

“We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says. Students who received the text were 6.3 percentage points more likely to successfully enroll at Moorpark compared to those who did not.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 2, 2023

Different schools definitely have different personalities. 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. But you’re probably not going to get a good sense of that on your college campus visit.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Top Strategies for Improving Student Retention in Higher Education admin Fri, 12/23/2022 - 05:27 It is the rule of Gen Z now. Google is what they breathe through, mobile apps for higher education , and advanced gaming technologies to beat their boredom, what naught? Student Retention is picking up like haywire.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

A federal definition used with some programs describes students with intellectual disabilities as having “significant limitations” in cognitive functioning, as well as with social, practical and conceptual adaptive skills. Typically, students can earn a credential but not a degree.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

The Department’s online learning restrictions The rollback started with the Department’s ill-fated February 2023 Dear Colleague Letter that sought to expand the definition of third-party servicers to include online program managers, signaling a shift in online learning policy. Letters to the Department from a bipartisan group of U.S.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 17, 2022

ABET Accreditation for higher education - everything you need to know. What is ABET Accreditation and why it is important for Higher Education? It is one of the reliable ways to offer quality education to students. It is definite that the SSR reports should be accurate and free of data error.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

Courtney joins us again to finish our conversation on Lumina’s most recent study, the State of Higher Education 2023: Breaking Down the Barriers to Student Enrollment and Retention.” Drumm McNaughton 09:45 Well, that makes perfect sense, given that there is less financial aid coming from the States.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

OCTOBER 17, 2023

How to Attract and Retain a Diverse Student Population The definition of the modern learner has shifted: The nontraditional student is the new traditional student. Importance of a Diverse Student Population In everything we do at Archer Education, from marketing to admissions to retention, we know that one size does not fit all.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

The grant, provided to students for the first time this past fall, assists foster youth at public colleges and universities after other financial aid and any family contributions are exhausted. Participating private institutions in the state have agreed to provide aid to cover gaps from the grant.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

14 November · Episode 181 Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment 42 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Dive into the complexities of higher education enrollment–navigate through its current challenges, and uncover strategies for the tough times ahead.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Blogs Key takeaways from government guidance on SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling The Department of Education finally issued its eagerly anticipated follow-up guidance on the Supreme Court’s SFFA ruling in September. Since the Court’s ruling did not specifically address financial aid, some have assumed that it is exempt.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For those of you who haven't heard of College Greenlight, the simplest way to describe it is that we're a network of partners dedicated to supporting first generation, lower income and historically underserved students on their path to and through higher education. JW: Yeah, I can definitely do that. laughter] 0:14:51.3

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 18, 2025

Three Takeaways for Higher Education Leaders Lead Marketing with Research Before launching new programs or campaigns, validate demand with real data from prospective students and employers. These changes arent just academictheyre essential to effective program promotion and growth. Its no longer enough to promote programs reactively.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Now, there is a new analysis based on the Federal government’s College Scorecard that ranks 4,000 higher education institutions, providing prospective students with a clear and detailed view of their earning potential with specific majors, from which colleges and universities, and how quickly graduates pay off their loans.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

In this blog post, we answer that question with examples of the transformative impact that a data management platform can have on higher education. EAB's data management platform, Edify , is built specifically for higher education. What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management?

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