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Senators Reintroduce Bills to Help Inform Students about College Loans and Financial Aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tina Smith, D-Minn, and Chuck Grassley R-Iowa, have reintroduced three bills to help students and families make informed decisions about borrowing for college. Tina Smith The bills aim to make sure that students are informed and educated about college search and selection, loans, and financial aid.

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Federal Fumbles and Candidate Silence. How the Next Administration Can Support Education Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the last two years, my staff and I have been in the trenches, battling a fusillade of challenges brought on by our federal government, challenges that exacerbate the longstanding inequities students face as they navigate their path to a college degree.

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Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications. Department of Education. “It

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Amid news that the U.S.

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Assumption U to Counteract FAFSA Delay by Offering Aid Early

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even when the federal government tries to streamline financial aid, things wind up becoming more complicated. High school seniors could lose out on thousands of dollars as a result. Two states, Minnesota and Texas, have moved their financial aid deadlines backwards to give students more time.

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PSLF Could Soon Include All Early Childhood Education Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Why your institution may face enhanced cybersecurity requirements

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In light of the Department of Justice filing suit against the Georgia Institute of Technology for allegedly failing to apply contractually required information security controls to Department of Defense data, higher education institutions should pay close attention to a proposed Department of Education rule. What entities will be covered?