Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Higher education is one of the most powerful assets our state has to uplift families, support businesses, and create prosperity. A credential earned after high school changes an individual’s career trajectory and typically leads to higher wages and more stable employment. And it is not just about a job.

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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

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. “But all of a sudden, now it is.” ” Thomas L.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

“It’s about setting up that mind-set: even though you don’t have a full-time job, the concept of saving, the concept of living within your means, budgeting,” shares Dana Kelly, vice president of professional development for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

The Education Department announced last month that it would revisit nearly three decades of policy making under Title IV of the Higher Education Act that has largely restricted colleges from paying recruiters based on how many students they enroll. ” Colleges have given OPMs too much authority over their programs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm. She also noted that a growing lack of financial aid officers at the colleges risks slowing down the processing of student financial aid paperwork.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Lindsey Tepe, assistant vice president for governmental affairs for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, said the report’s data are a “powerful reminder” of how many students relied on the COVID-19 emergency aid. The department has not previously reported the estimate of students who received aid.

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