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How to keep moving when higher ed data dries up

University Business

College Navigator provides detailed institutional profiles, including enrollment, financial aid, admissions and accreditation data. Leaders can build local and collective capacity to tell their stories well, with or without federal scaffolding. Institutional leaders can decide how to respond.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

Making this data available to students and families is vital to better safeguard them and taxpayers who help finance educational endeavors. billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. It also made me think about what the federal policy role was on this. It really is.

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Higher ed groups oppose plan to list low-value programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Department officials have said that institutions on the list will be asked to submit a plan to improve their program’s financial value. Students also might receive a warning before they receive federal financial aid to attend a program on the list, according to a department fact sheet.

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Income-driven repayment overhaul draws praise, criticism

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Education Department on Tuesday unveiled the details of its planned overhaul of income-driven repayment, which could transform the financing of higher education by providing more generous student loan repayment and forgiveness terms. The proposed regulations will open for 30 days of public comment today.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. million in the first round of COVID relief funds, underscoring the significant impact of these aids. 00:05:48] Deb: Yes. You’re right. [00:06:11]

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Student Loans, College Costs, and Parental Self-Denial

Great College Advice

Her parents were just too ashamed and afraid to talk about their finances before the young woman went off to college. They don’t make a financial plan. They research colleges without any understanding of how financial aid works, or how rare those scholarships really are. You need to learn about how financial aid works.

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Budget Freezes Are Coming for Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

While it does not appear that student financial aid will be affected in the short term, all federal grants and contracts are certainly up in the air even though some of them enjoy legal protections. Im going to do everything I can to move quickly on searches just in case. Finally, two other thoughts about the current situation.