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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students in these programs are eligible for Pell Grants, though not federal student loan aid. Since 2010, the federal government has funded model demonstration programs known as Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability, or TPSID, sites.

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FAFSA fail creates “state of emergency” in West Virginia

University Business

Jim Justice to take action on financial aid. The state of emergency he declared Wednesday allows students to qualify for the state’s largest financial aid programs—including the Promise Scholarship and the Higher Education Grant Program—without filling out the FAFSA application. “We 1, the Times added.

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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. But things may get even worse than projected.

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Washington Update: Higher Ed Policy, Regulations, and Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 182 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

Washington Update Key Discussion Points: Higher Education Act 2019 Changes : Emphasis on the need for a comprehensive review of the act, touching on Title II (teacher education), Title IV (federal student financial aid), and Title IX (campus security).