Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The Department of Education’s announcement last week of a secret shopper program to investigate the recruitment, enrollment, and financial aid practices of schools has garnered mixed reactions. While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries.

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University Business

MARCH 19, 2025

” Institutions will need to seek more partners in the private philanthropic space to help support student financial aid, and income-based loans are one way to maximize their contributions, according to these nonprofit leaders. That’s kind of the most important role the federal government plays there.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2025

With massive staff reductions, rollback of key civil rights regulations, and a stunning shift of student loan collection authority to the Small Business Administration, higher education institutions now face a regulatory landscape unlike any before. With their federal contacts eliminated or replaced, theyre now navigating blind in many cases.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Washington Update Key Discussion Points: Higher Education Act 2019 Changes : Emphasis on the need for a comprehensive review of the act, touching on Title II (teacher education), Title IV (federal student financial aid), and Title IX (campus security). That’s number one.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Department of Education, one of the federal governments smallest Cabinet-level agencies, operates programs across every level of education. In fact, less than 8% of public school revenue came from federal agencies, including the Education Department, before COVID-19 reached the U.S.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

Department of Education to investigate Keiser’s schools, which have received billions in taxpayer-funded student financial aid. Senior Democrats in Congress, including senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have called on the U.S.

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University Business

MARCH 12, 2025

” The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has said that the department needs to be reorganized for greater accountability but that reductions should be made strategically. In recent days, the Trump administration has acted in other ways to reduce the size of the federal government.

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