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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

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. And this was in 2016.

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Take It From Me…These Loans Won’t Stay Paused Forever

College Forward

Take a look at your current financial obligations and see where you can cut back and eliminate. Look at things like cable, streaming services, car insurance, and phone plans. Research Military Benefits. This alone can run hundreds of dollars a month. Apply for Long-Term Relief.

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State Efforts to Advance Credentialing & Career Pathways

Parchment

Or even if you think about veterans with all of the skills that they’ve mastered in their military occupation, specialization, sometimes are difficult to translate into a civilian competency or description. So we’ve got to have more virtual service delivery. And are you college, career or military?

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream. 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. Graeber, David (2018) B t Jobs: A Theory. Simon and Schuster. Groeger, Cristina Viviana (2021).

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‘Gainful Employment’ Rule Examines Abuses by For-Profits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barmak Nassirian Barmak Nassirian is vice president for higher education policy with Veterans Education Success, a research and advocacy organization with the goal of improving educational outcomes for veterans. He notes that veterans are largely non-traditional students: older, working and having family obligations.

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Higher Education Inquirer - Untitled Article

Higher Education Inquirer

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. Department of Health and Human Services. Department of Veterans Affairs. Department of Education.