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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Harnisch, vice president for government relations at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, said removing the exemption is a “step backward for students and families,” especially at a time of declining enrollment in rural areas. “But all of a sudden, now it is.” ” Thomas L.

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EAB

JUNE 13, 2023

EAB’s Kathy Ruby and Madeleine Rhyneer explore changes to FAFSA forms themselves and to how the federal government calculates eligibility for student financial aid. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I write regarding Wesley Whistle's December essay urging Congress to step in to improve the transparency of financial aid letters. Consider that a third of schools in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report used a federal template created by the U.S. Justin Draeger.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But about 90% of colleges “understate or don’t include the net price” in their offers, according to a report released this week by the Government Accountability Office. “The GAO report highlights the ways schools are falling short in communicating college costs to students.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Government Accountability Office. Hossler has received career achievement awards from the American College Personnel Association, the Association for Institutional Research, the College Board, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. . Edu Alliance Group, Inc.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

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 so we do report certain things like we report our enrollment through a mechanism called full-time student equivalency to the state auditor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions. According to Spreitzer, additional specifics should be available from the government soon. “I

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SRHE

OCTOBER 10, 2024

by Héctor Ríos-Jara Governments across the globe are increasingly adopting student debt cancellation or forgiveness policies. Recent proposals in the US, Chile, and Colombia have reignited discussions about the student loan crisis and the need for alternative funding solutions in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

A: I think it’s important for senior leaders in higher education institutions to be aware of the public policy context and how it influences higher education and the resources available to institutions and students. One important policy consideration is how divided government at the federal level will affect higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

“Unfortunately, in the last several years, colleges and universities and financial aid offices have gotten used to a political game of chicken in Washington, D.C., Colleges are hoping that a potential default would be short and have a limited effect on students, given that aid is mostly distributed in the fall or winter.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

The primary rule change is designating a CISO or a qualified individual responsible for protecting customer information or student financial aid data. If you’re a consultant for US government entities, that’s probably not what you want to be known for. There are nine elements.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The money also helped institutions absorb the shock of enrollment declines, lost revenue and other financial stressors during the pandemic. “What’s more, the aid was largely directed to the students who needed it most: those from low-income families and those attending underresourced institutions,” Draeger said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

The state had argued that the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), a non-profit government corporation, would suffer decreased revenues and be unable to make mandatory payments into a state fund.

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University Business

APRIL 23, 2024

Similarly, student calls for their institutions to cut ties with Israel has a storied history. college or university student governments vote on divestment resolutions in the 2014-2015 academic year, Jewish Philanthropy reports. The Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement saw 44 U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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 financial aid), and Title IX (campus security). and how these will impact institutions and students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, applauded the Pell Grant increase in a statement as well as the additional funding for federal student aid. “Robust investment in a skilled workforce and scientific innovation is vital to U.S.

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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.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Winter 2023-24 collection includes the following survey data: Graduation Rates for selected cohorts; Outcome Measures for cohort year 2015-16; Student Financial Aid, academic year 2022-23; and Admissions, Fall 2023. The data are currently available through the IPEDS Use the Data Page: [link] 2.

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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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Edu Alliance Journal

MAY 31, 2022

In addition, any recent perceived mistreatment of international students quickly spreads across the globe. The visa process put into place by the Trump administration or China’s decision to expel all international students during the pandemic are examples of government policies that can influence the decisions of future graduate students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries. The program will use undercover operatives—“secret shoppers”—to test whether schools are complying with laws governing the federal financial aid program.

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University Business

MARCH 20, 2025

Specific to higher education, the most prominent role the department plays is facilitating student financial aid through loans, grants and federal work-study. Its student loan portfolio stood at $1.47 Here’s a look at how much money was disbursed to students through various means of financial aid last fiscal year.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Department of Education, one of the federal governments smallest Cabinet-level agencies, operates programs across every level of education. About $4 billion went to the Office of Postsecondary Education , which, among other things, provides grants for colleges controlled by tribal governments and for other minority serving institutions.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 27, 2025

Title IV's Office of Federal Student Aid received the largest departmental budget allocation - over $68 billion, with $20 billion promised for distribution during 2025 4. This represents the largest financial relationship between the federal government and higher education institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

“All of us collectively have been sounding the alarm for almost a decade about student debt and the crisis that was to come, and today, this is our Super Bowl,” said Kristin McGuire, executive director of Young Invincibles, one of the organizations that hosted the rally.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

The apparent aims were to evade the heightened government regulations applied uniquely to for-profit schools in order to guard against waste, fraud, and abuse — and to escape the growing stigma that the industry’s predatory behavior had placed on for-profits.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2025

These developments have immediate and long-term consequences for college presidents, boards, financial aid departments, and the students they serve. Critical Functions Cut: Whats Gone and Whats Left Federal Student Aid (FSA) FSA was among the hardest-hit divisions. and international institutions.

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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. That’s kind of the most important role the federal government plays there.”

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 4, 2025

Gutting the Biden rules would increase the vulnerability of both students and taxpayers to billions in waste, fraud, and abuse from deceptive, poor quality schools even though the stated purpose of DOGE is to halt government excess.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

It oversees key federal programs, such as Title I, which provides financial assistance to schools with high numbers of low-income students, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which supports students with special needs. Linda McMahons nomination is part of a pattern.

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University Business

MARCH 12, 2025

” The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has said that the department needs to be reorganized for greater accountability but that reductions should be made strategically. In recent days, the Trump administration has acted in other ways to reduce the size of the federal government.

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