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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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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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much. And schools got that,” said National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) President Justin Draeger, according to The Washington Post.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. million in 2021,” the commission’s report states.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. State higher education finance: FY 2022.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The decision drew dissent from CSU’s faculty union and students who are already struggling with their current expenses, but university officials defended the decision, stating that the tuition raise will help CSU continue supporting student financial aid and academic success programs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 22, 2023

Robert Kelchen is a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville who studies higher education finance, accountability policies and practices, and student financial aid. You can download the dataset here in Excel format and use filter/sort functions to your heart’s content. All opinions expressed here are his own.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Institutions should consider proactively sharing information and resources related to student loan repayment with soon-to-be-graduating students. As mentioned previously, finances are the leading reason students stop out of college. Financial Literacy: Virtual and in-person training is provided to students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Her research focuses on the way that education policy affects and shapes the access and success of minoritized students in higher education. She primarily investigates student financial aid/finance, admissions policies, and policies that influence the ability to create an inclusive & equitable campus climate.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

So there’s different financial aid implications around what it will cover and what it won’t. But over on Title IV funding streams for Pell and other forms of student financial aid, I think there’s a growing recognition across the board Matthew Sterenberg (10:25.919) So.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The proposed reforms will remove banks from the equation and return financial aid administration to public institutions, as the US did under Obama’s 2011 reforms to federal student loans. However, the anticipated efficiency from bank involvement has not materialised, with only 55% of borrowers keeping up with payments.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

More from UB: President’s corner: Trust is the bedrock of progress at High Point University Bill Guerrero, chief financial officer and vice president for finance at the University of Bridgeport, expects the dust will truly settle and reveal which institutions are in good academic standing come the 2024-25 academic year.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

They also advise leaders to ensure they offer adult students maximum flexibility in course modalities and to highlight scholarship and financial aid opportunities that will make returning to college more affordable. These are all important factors and are now playing into how prospective students rate an institution's quality.

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University Business

APRIL 23, 2024

Identifying specific equities or stocks tied to Israel can be challenging because investments are usually held in index or mutual funds managed by an outside company, says Bill Guerrero, vice president for finance and chief financial officer at the University of Bridgeport.

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Robert Kelchen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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. Im going to do everything I can to move quickly on searches just in case. Finally, two other thoughts about the current situation.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

More from UB: Direct college placement boosts student success, lowers cost Will the endowment tax hamper institutions from helping students? Student financial aid made up the largest funding distribution at 48%nearly three times more than academic programs and research.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Trump announced loan program will be moved from Department of Education to Small Business Administration The Trump administration s rehoming of the federal student loan program is putting student borrowers at a higher risk of defaulting on their loans and may not save the government the money that it is claiming it will, experts say.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream. The Finance of Higher Education: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys its Way into Elite Colleges and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Goldrick-Rab, S. Simon and Schuster.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

In fiscal year 2024, the Education Department spent about $161 billion -- 60% of its $268 billion budget -- to fund its office of Federal Student Aid , the countrys largest provider of student financial aid. But doling out that money and overseeing it could get messy, the outlet reports.

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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. It deals specifically with the financing coming from foreign entities and foreign countries.

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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. million students in fiscal year 2024, according to findings from the Pew Research Center.

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