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Birmingham-Southern Board Votes to Remain Open

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The private Alabama college has made appeals to state and local authorities in recent months, requesting a $37.5 Birmingham-Southern has also launched an effort to raise $200 million by May 2026. ” BSC’s financial crisis dates back more than a decade. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Groups Seek Details on FAFSA Simplification Timeline

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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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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. 21 Dartmouth College 8,065,743 8,484,189 -4.93 million), Lakeland Community College ($5.7

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

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As Kimball and Iler show, the wealthiest 1 percent of the nation’s 3,285 four-year colleges and universities holds 54 percent of campus endowments. To put it bluntly: the wealthiest colleges and universities began to engage in a positional and spending arms race, with a goal of maximizing their reputation and prestige.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

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Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Marielena DeSanctis, president of the Community College of Denver, who shares some of the solutions she was able to identify based on her unique understanding of higher ed. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership. Dr. DeSanctis is unique.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

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The university has established over 1,300 articulation agreements with community colleges across the country. The university has established over 1,300 articulation agreements with community colleges across the country. These agreements are not just on paper; they are integrated into a sophisticated technological system.

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

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The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.