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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Robert Kelchen

APRIL 29, 2024

I have spent most of the last year digging into the topic of heightened cash monitoring (HCM), perhaps the federal government’s most important tool in its higher education accountability toolbox at this time. HCM places colleges’ federal financial aid disbursements under additional scrutiny in order to protect taxpayer dollars.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2023

Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity. But there’s more the federal government can do. Helping schools of education produce more teachers is only one half of the equation. Finally, we must champion the teaching profession.

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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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University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Colorado Technical University of artificially inflating how much educational content it provides students will move forward after a federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the complaint earlier this month. However, Senior U.S. District Court Judge R.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 14, 2021

The FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It is the primary application for receiving need-based aid at American colleges and universities. If you need help paying for college, submitting your FAFSA is the first step in applying for financial aid from most colleges and universities in the United States.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 12, 2023

Since any associated policy changes could affect a much wider set of services than originally expected, we thought that we’d use this space to share what we think are the key points that university leaders across higher education need to understand about the potential impact of recent and anticipated actions by the federal government.

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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. This is your first time.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Accreditation comes with costs, both financial and in terms of time for those participating, said Mock. ” The federal Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 opened the doors for the growth of such programs when it made federal grants available for students enrolled in what are known as Comprehensive Transition Postsecondary Programs.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The latest news from the federal government suggests that students and families will be able to access the new form at the end of December, but data from the new FAFSAs will not be available to schools until the end of January. Once FAFSA data is released to us, we are committed to sharing financial aid information as soon as possible.

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University Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

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. Federal lawmakers and related agencies have advanced their probes into U.S. and Brown (R.I.).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

That takes us to issues of higher education governance—a process that is often tediously slow and too often inefficient but nevertheless the way we do business today. In addition, accrediting bodies want to ensure that programs are created within the context of shared governance.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. However, it’s important to note certain institutions can lead to no economic return. to gauge how they are doing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions. This adjustment may be an administratively complex process. It sort of starts a clock.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The legislation would stop the University of California, California State University and their affiliates, and California Community Colleges, from barring students from being hired for jobs due to the lack of federal work authorization — which is often the case for students who have parents who immigrated to the state. “And

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. ” Nassirian said that secret shoppers are critical to enforcement.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s going to have to overcome stiff opposition from the higher education lobby, which decried the plan as a slippery slope, problematic and potentially dangerous.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But finally, in spring 2020, the federal government asked undergraduates if they had enough to eat or a safe place to sleep. Now Congress and federal agencies have a full picture of the problem. We must ensure that federal data collection continues so that policymakers know what they are dealing with.

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Study and Go Abroad

MAY 21, 2023

If you’re interested in studying abroad in the UK, check out this breakdown of how you can make it possible! Are you considering studying outside of Canada? Studying abroad in the United Kingdom may be the best choice you make for yourself and your education. But there’s so much to consider, where do you even begin?

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 25, 2022

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. And maybe some debt forgiveness from the Federal Government. If we just wish it hard enough, we believe, Santa will come through. College is ungodly expensive.

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University Business

MARCH 13, 2024

Higher education leaders frequently cite the pressure they have to deal with from a caustic public, the media and even state and federal governments that are skeptical about their offerings. An average of 55% of students and parents said financial aid would be “extremely” necessary. institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 13, 2023

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, managing director of policy and research at Higher Learning Advocates, a bipartisan nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for students, said the federal government is lagging behind state leaders, who already have been talking about how to define a high-quality postsecondary program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

From 2020 to 2022, the federal government distributed nearly $80 billion to higher education institutions through three rounds of HEERF funding, with community colleges receiving $25 billion of that total. The 39 institutions analyzed in the study received about $765 million for direct student aid and $1.9

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Robert Kelchen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It was an awkward set of interviews because I had a strong sense that the positions would be cancelled on account of the financial losses coming from students being sent home. During the last three weeks, I have thought a lot about the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. And that is exactly what happened.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It will have a spillover [effect] into local legislative activity, school boards, college campuses, state governments, and so on.” Forty bills were brought up to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. And the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the use of affirmative action in college admissions. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

Problems with the federal government's financial aid system may mean that a significant decline in enrollment at non-elite schools occurs this fall instead of 2025. HEI also recognized this problem in 2017, something the Trump Administration failed to notice and made worse with its rosy Census projections.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

‘An Affordable Lifeline’ “For nearly three decades, IDR has failed to live up to its promise of an affordable lifeline for federal student loan borrowers,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center. It’s unfair that only some people in America have that opportunity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Educationlike agriculture, transportation, energy, manufacturing and other sectors important to the security and prosperity of our countryis, in part, subsidized by the federal government. Financial aid is tailored to individual students financial-need as assessed by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

higher education sector from stable to negative, citing recent and potential federal policy changes that have created a more difficult operating environment for colleges and universities nationwide. Moody's Ratings has revised its outlook for the U.S. Staff reductions at the Department of Education (ED) pose another significant threat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For-profit institutions must comply with a 90/10 rule that limits the amount of revenue that the schools receive from the federal government by requiring that 10% of revenue has to come from non-federal sources. Bill and Defense Department Tuition Assistance benefits, counted toward income from non-federal sources.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Abuses at IEC schools In February, the Department of Education terminated financial aid eligibility to another IEC-owned chain called Florida Career College, and the school closed. taxpayers who support the hundreds of millions in federal financial aid that have flowed to ACCSC schools.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. Demonstrating leadership in such situations is crucial.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ohio State University announced Thursday it will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and modify scholarship programs geared toward diverse student populations, citing pressure from federal directives and pending state legislation. Carter assured that current student scholarships and financial aid will not be affected by these changes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, the 2022 year-end omnibus spending bill contained an increase in the Pell Grant award as well as funding for historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and federal programs designed to promote student success, such as TRIO programs. What are some of the key takeaways for leaders in higher ed?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. Grade given by Deb Maue: A. In 2023, college enrollment continued its downward trajectory.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Department delivered long-awaited relief to borrowers who attended some of the most notoriously predatory institutions to ever participate in the federal financial aid programs. Total Approved Student Debt Relief Reached Almost $189 Billion for 5.3 The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulative $188.8

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