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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Dr. Jennifer Nájera Another step forward came in 2013 with the passing of the California Dream Act, which made undocumented students eligible to apply for state financial aid.

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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

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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How this year cast doubt on 2 higher ed myths

University Business

More from UB: How better accountability can propel innovative short-term credentials In fact, students today are paying and borrowing less to cover their net tuition price thanks to increases in financial aid over the past 20 years, per College Board. These state and federal appropriation increases lead us to our next myth.

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Why federal oversight on higher education is growing on multiple fronts

University Business

Public and private colleges and universities have long enjoyed independence from federal governing bodies over the nature of their operations. The reforms would tighten foreign financial disclosure requirements and strip federal financial aid to any institution that fails compliance over three consecutive or nonconsecutive years.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

A Whole New World: Disability Laws at the Post-Secondary Level One of the biggest issues facing students with learning challenges and their families is the difference in laws that govern schools that service K-12 versus schools at the post-secondary level. Some services, however, are mandatory. Fewer than 100 schools fall into this category.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Phill on LinkedIn → About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton , host of Changing Higher Ed ® podcast, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers. Technology, governance the same way. He is most notably recognized for writing his blog, On EdTech.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.