Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 19, 2024

Assemblymember Marc Berman California state legislators are considering a bill designed to ensure that students who are parents can get the most out of their student financial aid. AB 2458 would help student parents afford, enroll in, and successfully complete their higher education journey," said Berman.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. threshold took multiple terms; for those who did not have financial aid, this came at a significant cost.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

The consortium invites select higher education leaders to serve as judges who evaluate a national pool of 30 highly successful programs deemed Bellwether Finalists and choose three Bellwether Award winners. The Futures Assembly, a competitive three-day gathering, serves as the finale of a rigorous two-round evaluation process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

We’re located in Southwestern Virginia, a more rural area, and we recognize that our students and their families might not be as familiar with higher education,” said Trageser. Currently, all Virginia public four- and two-year institutions have received an award of varying sizes,” said Andes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

The program will also give those with family incomes of $65,000 or less financial assistance for housing, meals, and some course materials or other campus expenses. All qualifying current undergrad will be eligible, and qualifying first-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors will receive financial aid statements by Jul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to the school, student financial aid will not be affected. . The school had been “on monitoring” for two years, the maximum consecutive monitoring period, according to the agency.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Public higher education appropriations rose nearly 4% beyond inflation last year, according to the State Higher Education Finance’s annual report. Perhaps more relevant to higher ed leaders, fiscal year 2023 saw the largest decline in tuition revenue since SHEF began tracking such data in 1980.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

The Alamo Colleges District, made up of five community colleges, is the largest provider of higher education in South Texas with over 100,000 students, 81% of whom are students of color. My lens is that I’m not competing against another higher education institution, I’m competing against poverty in San Antonio,” said Morrill.

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University Business

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Higher education frequently found itself in the national spotlight this past year. However, several reports over the past year have cast doubt on some commonly held beliefs about higher ed. While debt was parents’ and college applicants’ top concern in pursuing higher education, 99% still believed college was worth it.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 16, 2024

In the context of higher education, modern learners are a quick Google search away from answers to their most pressing questions. You’ve undoubtedly heard of it, but developing expertise in the complicated realm of SEO and higher education keywords takes more than a cursory understanding of Google’s search ranking algorithm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The guide also recommended pairing completion grants with other resources and supports for students in need, because “participants reported that students who received completion grants were also likely to request emergency aid to remedy acute financial barriers to student success, such as basic needs insecurities and other nonacademic factors.”

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

by Ariane de Gayardon Since the 1980s, massification, policy shifts, and changing ideas about who benefits from higher education have led to the expansion of national student loan schemes globally. Their parents took out student loans to pay for their own higher education.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 25, 2025

In the waning days of 2024, Nolan Cabrera, a professor at the universitys Center for the Study of Higher Education, wrote a public warning to students, urging them not to enroll in UAGC. Criticism from some of the University of Arizonas faculty has also erupted.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Most colleges are not following best practices for providing clear and standard information in their financial aid offers. That’s a direct quote from the latest federal analysis of how easy—or difficult—colleges and universities are making it for students to figure out how much higher ed will cost.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 13, 2025

exposes significant barriers to student success and calls for specific action by educational institutions to address pressing concerns. Additionally, a significant portion of students reported relying on a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and part-time or full-time work to cover costs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Image: Financial wellness may not be the first area that comes to mind when thinking of well-being, but it is considered one of the eight dimensions of wellness. Inside Higher Ed spoke with three financial aid professionals about their best strategies to strengthen this area for students. What Is Financial Wellness?

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Great College Advice

APRIL 15, 2024

They’ll be able to give you insights into things like finances and careers that you may not have encountered yet. Finances: how to choose a college after being accepted based on the costs It can actually be pretty tricky to figure out how much it will cost you to go to college. Pay careful attention to the type of aid they’re offering.

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University Business

JANUARY 30, 2024

Instead, they should expect them some time “in the first half of March,” wrote the Education Department. Financial aid officers’ ability to process FAFSA forms is the only way for prospective students and their parents to know what kind of federal aid they can expect from a specific school.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

College Application Process The United States of America’s higher education sector is subject to constant change and surfing these changes requires an optimistic mindset. Financial Considerations While planning to study abroad, taking a quick look at your finances is considered healthy. Ready then? Let’s go!

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

[Editor's note: This article first appeared at the Kelchen on Education blog.] This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. The higher education finance landscape and data sources Chetty, R.,

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

President David Greene believes the financial aid package will help “families on the higher and lower ends of the middle-income spectrum who’ve fallen between the cracks and are left behind.” ” Greene’s comments shed light on a more significant issue across higher education.

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University Business

AUGUST 20, 2024

For example, just more than half (51%) of a sample of these students are paying for the fall semester with scholarships, grants or financial aid while another 40% will rely on a job. Around 30% are getting family support or have taken out students loans to finance their higher education.

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University Business

MARCH 19, 2024

Of the five states with the highest rate of college-going learners, four prove this is the case, especially regarding policies that provide higher rates of financial aid. since 2011, Utah has experienced gains in the past decade despite the pandemic, according to State Higher Education Finance (SHEF).

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many of the most direct predictions about higher education appear poised to become reality as we enter the second half of the decade: the looming demographic cliff, the shrinking pool of first-time students, waning public confidence in higher education and growing skepticism about the value of attending college.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. At the same time, in the face of shrinking public investment, public institutions raised tuition, which they tried to offset with increased financial aid for lower-income students.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Data-Driven Decision Making in Higher Education: Unlocking the Potential of Analytics editor Tue, 10/17/2023 - 03:18 90% of higher education leaders believe that data driven decision making is crucial for institutional success. with the help of the higher education dashboard. Forbes Survey. BARC Research.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nine out of 10 colleges either exclude or understate their net cost of attendance in student financial aid offers, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a government watchdog organization. So I think bringing some transparency back lets [us] reevaluate the real value of higher education.”

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Higher education gained an unlikely asset during the pandemic, and it came in the shape of billions of federal emergency funding. A new report by Bain & Company is forecasting the majority of higher education to be in a tough financial spot three years from now due to a confluence of operational challenges affecting institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The silver lining for many students is that the university is also expanding financial aid, raising the income threshold for free tuition, room and board from $75,000 to $100,000. ” According to Stanford’s website, about two-thirds of students receive some form of financial aid. Inflation now stands at 6.4

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, career counseling, financial aid, and other support services may be unavailable via virtual appointment or only open during traditional business hours—making them difficult for working professionals, parents, and others to access.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

“The State of Higher Education 2023” report found that more than half of all Hispanic students (52%) considered stopping out in 2022, followed by Black students at 43% and male students at 41%. This is most likely due to how significantly financial aid or scholarships are playing out in keeping students enrolled.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But tradition shouldn’t lead to stagnation — especially as the value of higher education is increasingly scrutinized and online search engines offer more insight into competitive programs than ever before. Prospective students now approach higher education opportunities with the savvy and skepticism of seasoned buyers.

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The higher education industry is far from immune from the effects of an inflationary cycle that was largely unexpected even a few months ago. This would be a rate largely unseen since the Great Recession —when student debt was less of a public policy concern and there was less vocal skepticism of higher education.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially. by Terri E. About the authors. Dr. Terri E.

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University Business

JUNE 26, 2024

” With about 27% of Western New England’s students being Pell-eligible, its financial aid office bypassed the FAFSA form this application season. “You have a group of students who, much like COVID, have evaporated,” he says. “Most people want to know what they can afford before they make these choices.”

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Staff and administrators are navigating frequent updates and shifting processes and timelines; and further uncertainty about aid and finances has added to the worries prospective students already feel about affording a degree. At Campus Sonar, our mission is to restore and grow the public’s trust in higher education.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 9, 2024

10 Key Benefits of Using Fee Management Software in Higher Education admin Wed, 10/09/2024 - 13:28 Tune In To Our Audio Blog Higher Education institutions are increasingly moving towards an automated age of cloud, mobile, and big data analytics. No more manual records or calculations on sheets of paper.

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