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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

Adjusting for inflation, students today have paid less and borrowed less money to cover the price of net tuition than their peers throughout the last 20 years thanks to increasing avenues of financial aid, according to a comprehensive report from the College Board, “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2024.”

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Why federal oversight on higher education is growing on multiple fronts

University Business

Public and private colleges and universities have long enjoyed independence from federal governing bodies over the nature of their operations. Federal lawmakers and related agencies have advanced their probes into U.S. institutions’ transactions with foreign entities involving research contracts.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Dr. Jennifer Nájera Another step forward came in 2013 with the passing of the California Dream Act, which made undocumented students eligible to apply for state financial aid.

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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. The higher education field still bears scars from the pandemic, and one key one is the need for financial liquidity.

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One Fascism or Two?: The Reemergence of "Fascism(s)" in US Higher Education

Higher Education Inquirer

The federal government (Department of Defense, CIA) and US corporations (particularly federal contractors) have also held great importance in the direction of higher education, servicing their most oppressive anti-democratic, colonial elements. Boards, Endowments, Contracts) Role of Elite Families in Higher Education (e.g.

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Feds Cancel Debts for 261,000 Students of Disgraced School Now Run by U. of Arizona (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government. Ashford has been sued or investigated by other federal and state agencies, including the U.S. The Biden Department of Education announced today it has approved $4.5

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McMahon: Funding is safe but mass layoffs are “first step” to full closure

University Business

(LATEST UPDATE: March 12) Student loans and Pell Grants are safe, but this week’s mass firings at the Department of Education represent the “first step” of President Donald Trump’s plan to shut down the agency, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says. ” (LAST UPDATE: Feb.