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Here’s the share of college students who took financial aid in 2019-20 - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Almost 72% of undergraduates received some form of financial aid in the 2019-20 academic year — essentially the same share as those who attended college four years prior, according to new federal data released Wednesday.

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Excelencia in Education Publishes Analysis about Today's Latino College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Many Latino students require financial assistance to attend college, the report noted. Most (72%) are getting it in some shape or form, though the population receives less aid than other racial groups. Schools in Florida mostly topped the charts when it came to number of degrees awarded to Latino students.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

2019, December 9). link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) Financial aid policies, practices, and impacts Anderson, D. FAFSA and beyond: How advisers manage their administrative burden in the financial aid process.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An additional 1,600-1,700 students at Emory University received grants and scholarships instead of loans in their financial aid packages this fall, the Atlanta-based institution announced recently, more than doubling the number of undergraduates expected to finish school with limited or no debt. This allows us to enroll those students.

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Report: How Universities Are Preparing for The End of The Pandemic Loan Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments. According to the National Student Loan Data System, at the end of 2019, 14.1

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Required to Study Abroad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And financial aid packages that apply on-campus follow them as well, Hoose said. It’s a shortcoming that Goucher is in the process of trying to address, said Goucher President Kent Devereaux, who took the helm in 2019. Currently, approximately 5% of Goucher students are international students, a step up from the 2% in 2019.

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Higher Ed Workforce Rebounding From Pandemic - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

percent from 2020 but still down from more than four million in 2019. Data from the Education Department’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, published last week, show that institutions eligible to distribute federal financial aid funds employed 3,935,708 administrators, faculty and staff members in fall 2022, up 1.7