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U.S. Department of Education Announces Updates for New FAFSA Implementation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Cardona said the update, the latest in ED’s 2024–25 Better FAFSA ® implementation, will not impact implementation timelines. million students in total expected to be eligible for Pell Grants in the 2024–25 award year. Since the new 2024–25 FAFSA form became available Dec. 30, more than 4.7

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DREAM Conference Marks Milestone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference. DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change.

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SAAL's Dynamic 1st Quarter: Progress, Initiatives, and Community Engagement

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

SAAL's Dynamic 1st Quarter: Progress, Initiatives, and Community Engagement The journey of the Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) through 2024 has been nothing short of transformative and inspiring for me as President!

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color. “I fell in love with Madison and my department and my academic community, so I have been here for the last 12 years,” says Lopez. Shortly after she arrived to Madison, Lopez got involved with Freedom, Inc.,

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. ” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Census Bureau employment data.

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The Overlooked Factor in College Success: Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The problems in higher education are well known. As costs rise and graduation rates stagnate, some wonder if college still holds the same value in 2024 as it did for previous generations. The issue is that they don’t feel like they “belong” in higher ed. The Pell Grant is one solution.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For Charlie Baker, there are a lot of things similar about being a governor and the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) — the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics at about 1,100 schools across the nation. Baker says the NCAA is in the process of building a sports fan database.