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Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008

University Business

“Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry resources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each year through current fund educational and general expenditures, excluding research.”

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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And I wonder if my historically Black sorority would be eligible to apply for student government funding to attend leadership conferences, just like we did. Since joining Lumina in 2008, she has served as a strategy officer, director of equity and inclusion, and director of impact and research.

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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think it’s important to look at the way the law and the Constitution govern our elections.” Barack Obama in 2008, he said. It requires us to talk with each other and to engage in self-governance.” Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University. “I Back in 2000, he was policy director for Sen. Alexander holds a J.D.

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Emory Replaced Loans with Grants for Over 1,500 More Students Last Fall, University Announces

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The initial wave of no-loan programs took place starting around 2008, when there was talk within the government about taxing endowments or forcing schools to spend them down. “I The motivation for creating no-loan problems has not always been strictly altruistic, however. It makes the decision process much easier.”

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Higher ed has a digital accessibility compliance problem. What can you do to get up to speed?

University Business

However, despite the new higher education landscape that’s formed and insistence from government officials, colleges and universities at large still have many strategic holes in ensuring accessibility compliance. Most of them were compromised on their homepage, Government Technology reports. In May, the U.S.

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MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri named 2023 Udall Scholar

CAPD

She is only the second MIT student to win this award and the first winner since 2008. Chaudhuri has conducted research with the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Rapid Response Group, which develops science-based analysis on critical environmental issues for community partners in civil society, government, and industry.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This increase marks the largest two-year jump in educational attainment since the project began in 2008, when the share of working-age adults with a degree was only 37.9 Among other policy solutions, she believes the federal government should invest in resources that help students afford and complete college, such as doubling the Pell Grant.

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