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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanderbilt University is expanding its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program, known as Opportunity Vanderbilt. We want everyone who has what it takes to get into Vanderbilt to be able to enroll, regardless of their financial background.

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College Degree Still Sound Investment, Despite Rising Tuition

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S. Our findings suggest that selecting majors with high returns is a sound financial decision, but at the same time, if a student has decided to pursue a major with a lower return, they may want to consider pursuing additional training or education to improve their labor market prospects,” said Zhang.

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Biden Administration Forgives $72M for Students Misled by Ashford U

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Education (ED) found that Ashford misled borrowers in a variety of ways between 2009 and 2020. Recruiters lied about Ashford’s cost of attendance and financial aid offerings, as well as how long the programs took to complete.

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College Meltdown 3.0 Could Start Earlier (And Be Worse) Than Planned

Higher Education Inquirer

The latest phase of the College Meltdown was supposed to result from a declining number of high school graduates in 2025, something Nathan Grawe projected from lower birth rates following the 2008-2009 recession.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Martinez explains that TACC has been involved with the commission since day one, gathering input from community college leaders and presidents, affinity groups, financial aid officers and more. It matters for the future of this great state.” We built the outcomes funding prototype and pitched it to political leadership,” says Deaton.

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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Researchers believe this study could help higher education stakeholders and policymakers reevaluate their frameworks on financial aid to assist students entering necessary yet low-wage occupations (like education and social work) with their college costs, thus helping cultivate stronger enrollment rates. .

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

They also added graduation rates for first-generation students using College Scorecard data, but this is just for students who received federal financial aid. As a result, the response rate has declined from 68% in 1989 to 48% in 2009 and 30.8% They may already be quite good enough.)