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Howard University’s Undergraduate Library to be Renamed in Honor of President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During Frederick’s tenure, Howard student enrollment reached its highest; financial aid to first-time in college students significantly improved; the school’s academic offerings grew; and its fiscal health experienced a turnaround to the positive. “I I am deeply humbled and honored to receive this incredible recognition.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The precipitous, unrelenting decline in Black community college enrollment since 2011 is the canary in the mine for American higher education. Enrollment for Black learners in community colleges is not down because of COVID or because the Black population is shrinking (in fact, it has increased by 2.5

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Financial Aid at Hope College

Hope College Network

When I was applying for college, financial aid was probably one of the things that stressed me out the most. Here are the things that I wish I could explain to past me about financial aid at Hope College. Here are the things that I wish I could explain to past me about financial aid at Hope College.

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Are these new rules the canary in the coal mine for distance learning?

University Business

senators and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators , for example, explain the immense burdens that GE places on all institutions. The post Are these new rules the canary in the coal mine for distance learning? Letters to the Department from a bipartisan group of U.S.

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Colo. bill would allow more nonresidents at public colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

All About Boulder The bill would apply to all Colorado public institutions, but experts say it would only be meaningful for two: Boulder, the state’s public flagship, and the Colorado School of Mines. And that number is growing, particularly at Boulder. The new bill would give the institution some breathing room.

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Should I Take a Gap Year?

Great College Advice

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.

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Secret Shoppers and Audience Awareness

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Education Department is planning to deploy “secret shoppers ” to colleges around the country to suss out deceptive and predatory practices, particularly around financial aid. Financial aid has its own language.

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