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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students.

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Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 163 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Brian Kelly

The Change Leader, Inc.

It also allows the community of CISOs and cybersecurity privacy practitioners in higher ed to have a conversation around a grounded standardized set of questions. The primary rule change is designating a CISO or a qualified individual responsible for protecting customer information or student financial aid data.

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Budget Freezes Are Coming for Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

It was an awkward set of interviews because I had a strong sense that the positions would be cancelled on account of the financial losses coming from students being sent home. I had a sizable grant proposal under review there to study the woke topic of career and technical education, but I guess that isnt happening.)

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How big is the money portfolio in the Department of Education?

University Business

In grants to K12, the departments spending totaled more than $150 billion in FY2024, according to its annual financial report. However, President Donald Trump has already scrapped about $900 million in IES contracts, some of which cover multiple years. Its student loan portfolio stood at $1.47 million people Grants: $33.9

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McMahon: Funding is safe but mass layoffs are “first step” to full closure

University Business

(LATEST UPDATE: March 12) Student loans and Pell Grants are safe, but this week’s mass firings at the Department of Education represent the “first step” of President Donald Trump’s plan to shut down the agency, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says. ” (LAST UPDATE: Feb. ” (LAST UPDATE: Feb.