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Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Justin Draeger A vendor working for the federal government incorrectly calculated a financial aid formula for more than 200,000 students, the department noted. The Technical FAQ and Known Issues Guide will document and respond to frequently asked questions about production ISIRs for the 2024-25 FAFSA year.

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The Law School Hiring Market Undervalues Women, Minorities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inevitably, the document pairs its lonely truth with an almost laughable falsehood, stating that tax law scholars who are female are “difficult or impossible to find.” That is particularly obvious at the sort of elite institutions the suit emphasizes. Neither Stanford nor the University of Chicago have any.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

universities are getting swept up in House Republicans’ investigation into the “weaponization” of the federal government. ” House Republicans formed the ​​Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government this year in order to investigate violations of civil liberations.

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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“The COVID-19 crisis has led to a steep college enrollment decline, particularly for low-income students and students of color,” officials wrote in budget documents. The administration expects to provide about 100 grants—$5 million each—helping about 90,000 students annually, according to budget documents.

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Why your institution may face enhanced cybersecurity requirements

University Business

The Rule’s abstract focuses on controlled unclassified information , a broadly defined class of federal government-regulated data that includes many categories of information. According to the federal Office of Management and Budget’s Unified Regulatory Agenda, a proposed version of the Rule could be published as soon as this fall.

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Distance education via online learning may be in a for a huge shake-up due to this proposal

University Business

For example, a January document from Department officials says SARA allows institutions “to evade State rules and leverages its veto power to override any proposed changes to current distance education policy. Institutions, especially for-profits, have recently come to light for defrauding in-need students.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Quantitative data are also essential, especially for documenting patterns of inequity and raising questions about how bias and other forces lead to observed differences. At the foundation of any effort to improve faculty diversity must be data that document the social identities and background characteristics of faculty.

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