Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 17, 2023

U of Chicago Financial Aid Settlement Leaves Co-Defendants in a Tough Spot Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1053022940.jpg jpg Josh Moody Thu, 08/17/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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JUNE 15, 2023

A typology and landscape of state funding formulas for public colleges and universities from 2004 to 2020. Mapping community college finance systems to develop equitable and effective finance policy. Intended and unintended consequences of for-profit college regulation: Examining the 90/10 rule. link ) Kelchen, R.,

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JANUARY 3, 2024

link ) University of Tennessee System’s FY2024 budget: [link] University of Tennessee System’s FY2022 annual financial report: [link] UTK’s Budget Allocation Model (responsibility center management) website: [link] Higher education expenditures Archibald, R. Drivers of the rising price of a college education. 2023, August 10).

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Image: To increase enrollment and retention of male students, Queensborough Community College in New York is investing in a Male Resource Center, aimed at its smallest populations of Black and Latino men to create equity, President Christine Mangino says. At community colleges, the ratio grows, with nearly three women to every two men.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 8, 2024

State Higher Ed Funding is Still Rising—for Now Liam Knox Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Even as federal stimulus waned, lawmakers boosted support for public colleges in 2023, with an emphasis on financial aid. Can it make up for falling tuition revenue? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Those selected will receive a full tuition-only need/merit scholarships for the 2023–2024 academic school year. The ETS-Trenton Central High School (TCHS) Scholarship Program will award graduating seniors who can demonstrate high levels of academic achievement, strong community engagement, and leadership in high school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Secretary of Education under President Obama, will become the 15th chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), effective January 2023. During his tenure, he worked to simplify financial aid, oversaw federal investments in efforts to increase college completion, and advocated for the president’s America’s College Promise proposal.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

End-of-Year FAFSA Launch Could Cause More Delays, Headaches Katherine Knott Thu, 11/16/2023 - 03:00 AM Colleges and universities will face a tighter timeline to get students their financial aid offer letters, and students will have less time to make decisions. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Waiting for FAFSA Liam Knox Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM A major overhaul to the federal student aid form delayed its launch at least two months. That means headaches for everyone from financial aid officers to applicants. Byline(s) Katherine Knott Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. Enrollment for Black learners in community colleges is not down because of COVID or because the Black population is shrinking (in fact, it has increased by 2.5

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Birmingham-Southern College, which lost millions of dollars after finding that it made financial aid errors in 2010, is in danger of closing in 2023, AL.com reported. Lawmakers said the private college may close if it doesn't get a government bailout.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But after showing up at one of Michigan’s community colleges, the returning student is given a high-stakes test in math and English to see if they are “ready” for college-level work. Yet students spend their time and money in these courses while burning through their financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Roueche, executive director, John E.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: Setting community college students up for success can result in institutional partnerships, as demonstrated by the University of Dayton’s work with Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The first cohort will begin in fall 2023 with a total of 20 students. cumulative GPA. Additionally, UD received $1.25

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard Elmira College's partnership with Edify About Elmira College is a private college with a total enrollment of 673 students, a 76% retention rate, and a 56% six-year graduation rate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I heard a student offer an idea on Monday that hit me with the force of the retrospectively obvious. Financial aid issues can arise. For many students, losing financial aid means dropping out. It would make sense. But it’s worth doing.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

link ) University of Tennessee System’s FY2024 budget: [link] University of Tennessee System’s FY2022 annual financial report: [link] UTK’s Budget Allocation Model (responsibility center management) website: [link] Higher education expenditures Archibald, R. Drivers of the rising price of a college education. 2023, August 10).

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A prime example is the College Board and Education Counsel publication “The Playbook: Understanding the Role of Race Neutral Strategies in Advancing Higher Education Diversity Goals.” Since the Court’s ruling did not specifically address financial aid, some have assumed that it is exempt.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Several years ago, a wise colleague described someone else at the college – a terrific person, high performer, and just generally good egg – as having attained her dream job too young. It stuck with me. My wise colleague had a point. If so, what was the secret?

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Gerardo de los Santos, vice president for community college relations at National University, believes colleges and universities should adopt the notion of the “hybrid campus.” However, Minnesota state institutions are seeking over a half billion dollars in renovations , and Purdue cleared a $1.3

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College for Creative Study

JUNE 28, 2023

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 208 colleges and universities to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support community college transfer students. “As Lynn Tincher-Ladner, President and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa. “We

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

By offering comprehensive support systems, including childcare services, flexible schedules, financial aid programs, mentorship, and counseling, institutions can empower student-parents to succeed academically while effectively managing their parenting responsibilities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

Aurora University staff selected topics based on student feedback in focus groups and surveys and ran 12 sessions in 2022 and nine sessions across three tracks in 2023: Academic Support, Financial Wellness and Launching Your Career. Financial Wellness talked about paying for college, building a budget and financial security.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Department of Education is supposed to release an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October, but organizations representing financial aid officers and college access groups are seeking to confirm that timeline. 1, as currently planned.

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University Business

APRIL 16, 2024

A pair of reports highlighted in a recent Forbes article found that students don’t apply to colleges with high sticker prices. Similarly, only 19% of Americans know that lower-income students pay less for college than higher-income students, according to a 2023 survey from the Association of American Universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The program connects seniors with trained college student mentors who help them with enrollment, financial aid paperwork and course registration, among other tasks. The program is funded to support high school seniors from the classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

“More than 17 million students and thousands of schools use the FAFSA form to help access and award financial aid every year, but far too many are locked out of aid because of the cumbersome processes and outdated technology that come with the current form,” FSA chief operating officer Richard Cordray said in a statement.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The silver lining for many students is that the university is also expanding financial aid, raising the income threshold for free tuition, room and board from $75,000 to $100,000. This income threshold will increase to $100,000 beginning in 2023–24. So there are a lot of pent-up needs.”

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

She was also grateful that the portal could inform Kate’s choices of IB and dual-enrollment classes and allow them to examine course transferability and major requirements at colleges throughout the state. The portal also provided Kate an opportunity to explore starting at the community college then transferring to a four-year school.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

State funding for public higher education in fiscal year 2023 increased by 6.6 Nearly half of the state funding went to four-year institutions, while two-year colleges received 22 percent; another 13.2 percent was allocated to financial aid, and 11.4 percent was allocated to financial aid, and 11.4

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

Podcast Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention”? May 9, 2023. Reporter Jon Marcus joins EAB’s Tara Zirkel to explore the root causes behind steep enrollment declines and poor student outcomes at community colleges. EAB · Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention?” Episode 150. million people.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs What do enrollment leaders care most about in 2023? Moderately selective institutions were also significantly more interested than other types of schools in “ nonconsumption ”—the phenomenon of high school graduates choosing not to pursue college. Review our poll results to find out. This result is surprising.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Education Department is planning to deploy “secret shoppers ” to colleges around the country to suss out deceptive and predatory practices, particularly around financial aid. Financial aid has its own language.

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