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Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Justin Draeger A vendor working for the federal government incorrectly calculated a financial aid formula for more than 200,000 students, the department noted. The Technical FAQ and Known Issues Guide will document and respond to frequently asked questions about production ISIRs for the 2024-25 FAFSA year.

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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leaders will speak on the connection between book bans, anti-CRT or “anti-woke” laws, and the suppression of other civil liberties and social justice values as part of a coordinated far-right effort to extinguish civil rights at all levels of federal government. The two have to come together.”

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ED has had several stumbles following an overhaul of the FAFSA form, as mandated by Congress’s FAFSA Simplification Act, starting the 2024–25 award year. Even before it launched, the 2024-2025 FAFSA form faced criticism for its calculations not accounting for inflation, a now-fixed issue that was part of the reason for this most recent delay.

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Why the Defense Department is poised to become HBCUs’ new best friend

University Business

Congress has for decades urged the Defense Department to work with HBCUs, and new policy suggests federal officials intend to establish a goal-oriented action plan to incentivize partnerships. Secondly, the size of the Defense’s research and development budget is expected to reach $145 billion in 2024.

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A Letter to Wiley University Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Felton OUR CURRENT CLIMATE On January 12, 2024, Elon Musk, one of the most bigoted billionaires of our time and founder of TESLA, Inc., King around this time of the year, but I depart from that practice to speak directly to you, the Scholars, Leaders, Activists, Debaters, Vocalists, and Athletes of Wiley University. Dr. Herman J.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The other universities that failed to achieve 50 percent—Bond, Federation and Notre Dame Australia—are due for re-registration in 2024 or 2025. It said it would look for evidence of “sustained research quality,” including adequate governance and investment. ” Sources consider that improbable.

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Florida vs Department of Education: Implications and Background: Redefining State Control in Higher Education

The Change Leader, Inc.

This lawsuit has the potential to change how much influence state governments can have on both higher education accreditation and their institutions. The Question at Issue The primary question at issue with this lawsuit is the requirement for a governing board to be independent of outside influence. This isn’t how it always was.