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In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes back Tom Netting, President of TEN Government Strategies, to discuss recent higher education policy changes and challenges, covering FAFSA, TitleIX, FSA, IDR, SAVE, NC-SARA, NACIQI, PPA, TRIO, Clery Act, Gainful Employment, Title IV, the Chevron Decision, and more.
More from UB: Big political win results in a narrower TitleIX The Clearinghouse discovered the error when it began compiling data for its Current Term Enrollment Estimates report, which encompasses nearly all institutions and uses a different methodology for first-year students.
” With about 27% of Western New England’s students being Pell-eligible, its financialaid office bypassed the FAFSA form this application season. . “Most people want to know what they can afford before they make these choices.” Other mid-sized private universities have made similar moves. Very similar.”
FAFSA Reform: Plans to address ongoing challenges with FAFSA modernization and financialaid administration. TitleIX Updates: Current state of TitleIX regulations and potential revisions to address state-level conflicts.
Learning to file for financialaid, apply to internal scholarships, or declare a major are opaque bureaucratic processes. Office hours, TitleIX, and accommodations offices are required syllabus components, but syllabus statements are also ideal ways to introduce health and counseling services.
For smaller schools and those with limited endowments, the lack of diversified revenue sources exacerbates the problem, making financial sustainability an existential concern. For example, discussions around loan forgiveness, free community college, or changes to TitleIX can directly impact institutional operations.
The Department of Education may release regulations on TitleIX sexual assault cases. Hartle also brought up the General Accounting Office’s recent report criticizing colleges and universities for unclear financialaid letters, which Fansmith called “very damning.”
This Monday, three regulations will take effect, raising some employee wages and expanding the government’s ability to oversee financialaid disbursement and underperforming academic programs. Luckily, the American Council on Education has released a quick breakdown to keep colleges and universities up to speed.
Written by Jess Ettell Irvine, TitleIX Coordinator April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it is a time to educate about the prevalence of sexual violence that occurs approximately every 68 seconds in the United States and bring attention to preventing future violence. Serving as a TitleIX Coordinator can be a challenging job.
However, colleges and institutions may be overwhelmed and overran by the minutiae of regulatory changes ramping up in financialaid and TitleIX offices this academic year. ” Federal Student Aid is hosting 11 webinars throughout June and July to discuss the changes.
“It’s a tiny difference compared to the massive difference financialaid makes in determining whether a student gets into most institutions,” said Carleton College President Alison Byerly. President Joe Biden’s TitleIX changes, for one, remain in limbo.
Within the State of Maryland, the admissions team is also actively working to ensure that all eligible students receive the Guaranteed Access Grant and Maryland Scholars financialaid packages. This year, a record number of entering first year students received this Guaranteed Access Grant.
Some of the sector’s most pressing issues are defending its relevancy and value for attractive employment opportunities, staving off precarious federal funding distribution due to a shaky FAFSA rollout and changes to TitleIX funding and addressing campus climate and free speech.
The graphic includes gender, age, type of school, race, financialaid, housing, dependents, learning environment, employment, and enrollment. At this time, more than 300 cases nationally were actively investigated and used by the Chronicle of Higher Education for its TitleIX tracker. culture, including campuses.
” Colleges found in violation of that prohibition would lose access to grant programs administered directly by the department and indirectly through the states—but not federal financialaid. The conditions included the religious student organization provision that the administration now wants to rescind.
We also expect new TitleIX regulations to be issued this year, which is another policy change of which college leaders should be mindful, because it may require changes in campus-level policies around TitleIX enforcement and implementation.
A final set of regulations overhauling TitleIX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is expected in May, according to the agenda. Plus, the department is still planning to issue a separate notice of proposed rules governing transgender students’ involvement in sports.
Sosanya Jones, associate professor in the School of Education at Howard University Such issues are expected to include the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program, TitleIX as applied to transgender students, freedom of speech on campus, critical race theory, and the expenditure of COVID-19 relief funds.
By that point, his administration had already issued orders to end DEI initiatives, prohibit TitleIX protections based on LGBTQIA+ gender identity, expand ICE immigration raids to college campuses and pause all federal research grants with the National Institute of Health, among others. Catherine community.
Find out how federal changes to TitleIX, student loans, and oversight may impact your institution. These developments have immediate and long-term consequences for college presidents, boards, financialaid departments, and the students they serve. Transgender student protections under TitleIX have been nullified.
7 June · Episode 158 Washington Update: TitleIX, Student Debt, NC-SARA, and Debt Ceiling Negotiations 38 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton A lot has been happening up on The Hill that affects higher education. They have a lot to deal with. So I think you’re right.
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 financialaid), and TitleIX (campus security). 00:17:19] Tom: Hold on.
Lower-income students strained by this year’s shaky FAFSA rollout and who would mostly benefit from financial assistance programs have the most to lose from this budget proposal, NASFAA warned in a press release. Beyond the budget: Will TitleIX be left unenforceable? Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) claimed in a statement.
” The National Association of Student FinancialAid Administrators (NASFAA) has said that the department needs to be reorganized for greater accountability but that reductions should be made strategically. ” (LAST UPDATE: Feb. These students and staff could then be investigated and removed, the order says.
But it was made increasingly more difficult in 2024 with the troubled unveiling of the new, “simplified FAFSA,” which wreaked more havoc on students with unique life circumstances, as they found themselves unable to submit their FAFSA and unlock critical financial support.
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