Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Staff and administrators are navigating frequent updates and shifting processes and timelines; and further uncertainty about aid and finances has added to the worries prospective students already feel about affording a degree. Above all, use language people understand. Keep Iterating Listen, communicate, repeat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Using traditional sources of financial aid and TFJSA funds, Alamo sent a special cohort of 10 students to CHCP’s program at no cost for tuition, laptop, books, and course materials. CHCP has a nine-month medical assistant certificate program, with the option for students to choose the timing, modality, and location of their education.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nine out of 10 colleges either exclude or understate their net cost of attendance in student financial aid offers, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a government watchdog organization. Here are three ways to do so.

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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. ” According to Stanford’s website, about two-thirds of students receive some form of financial aid.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2023

Higher education finance leaders face declining enrollment , rising labor costs, inflation and decreased funding from state, federal and donor sources as the top challenges expected to have the greatest financial impact on their institutions over the next five to 10 years, according to a recent Syntellis survey.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2023

A great financial aid officer who aspires to be a finance and admin VP will suddenly be responsible for overseeing construction and bond issues. The pervasive and corrosive narrative of “administrative bloat” makes matters worse. But moving up the ranks typically involves working with more areas.

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Via's

AUGUST 15, 2023

To finance their global experiences, most of the surveyed students relied on scholarships and financial aid, followed by family support, personal savings, and student jobs. Via simplifies the entire process, saving students ( and administrators ) valuable time and effort.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Holy Names had “struggled to remain” open while administrators sought a merger as they grappled with rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and students’ increased need for financial aid. “HNU, which extends significant institutional aid, is dependent upon tuition and residence hall revenue.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2022

That said, more colleges and universities raised tuition and fees in 2022-23 than in the previous two years, the College Board reports in its latest look at financial aid trends. How financial aid is impacting college tuition. In 2022-23, average sticker prices and fees are 1.8% higher for private nonprofit institutions.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

This was the 90s, so it looked a lot different than today, but those years were a fantastic way to learn about many different types of institutions and experience what students, faculty, and administrators needed and wanted.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The decision drew dissent from CSU’s faculty union and students who are already struggling with their current expenses, but university officials defended the decision, stating that the tuition raise will help CSU continue supporting student financial aid and academic success programs.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

She thinks states have also responded to concerns about college affordability by granting funding requests attached to promises for a tuition freeze—as state lawmakers did in Tennessee and are contemplating in Texas—or to help with financial aid in general. percent went to financial aid and 11.4 Alaska 10.5%

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Nor am I referring to the wealthiest institutions’ lavish amenities and outrageous administrative salaries, though I do feel that those salaries and the size of the administrative staff are unconscionable at a nonprofit campus. The result was to anger middle-class parents while failing to increase net revenue.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 15, 2023

schools that offer fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs increased 85% — from 284 to 526 — between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Beyond Mass Personalization: Taking Personalization to a Higher Level Fact: The number of U.S.

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EAB

MAY 5, 2023

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness, developed by Dr. Peggy Swarbrick at Rutgers University and embraced by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a strengths-based model to promote mental health and wellbeing. By combining these concepts, we can align our programs and services to support wellbeing more effectively.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 2, 2023

Finances: does this school likely fit your budget? You can figure out whether this school fits your budget by doing research both on the college’s website and on third party websites that publish basic financial aid data. What are those factors? Well, there can be a whole lot of them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“Let’s take that chance to inform them about the admissions process, broader financial aid, other programs we have.” ” Now administrators are starting to see that dual enrollment can be a tool to engage high school students who might not have otherwise considered college.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

Image: Financial wellness may not be the first area that comes to mind when thinking of well-being, but it is considered one of the eight dimensions of wellness. Inside Higher Ed spoke with three financial aid professionals about their best strategies to strengthen this area for students. What Is Financial Wellness?

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 4, 2023

The President and CEO are responsible for the overall management and administration of the organization, including its accreditation activities, marketing and communication efforts, and member services. The institution must provide adequate administrative and support services to ensure the effective delivery of its business programs.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

This success story underscores the crucial role of technology in not only supporting administrative functions but also in driving institutional growth. Enrollments, regulations, finances, because these broad, macro trends, even outside the control of education, they’re impacting education. [00:35:04]

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially. by Terri E. Watch his TEDx speech here.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 25, 2022

A report by Yale faculty points to the possibility that university administrators have proliferated, while faculty salaries and budgets have stagnated. Her parents were just too ashamed and afraid to talk about their finances before the young woman went off to college. They don’t make a financial plan. They don’t save enough.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

More from UB: President’s corner: Trust is the bedrock of progress at High Point University Bill Guerrero, chief financial officer and vice president for finance at the University of Bridgeport, expects the dust will truly settle and reveal which institutions are in good academic standing come the 2024-25 academic year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

billion went unclaimed, according to an analysis by NerdWallet, a personal finance company. The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. billion left behind represents a strong increase from 2017, when $2.3 This year’s $3.58 billion unclaimed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Perhaps the most significant public policy moment for colleges and universities this year was the failure of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation, after the administration and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin could not at arrive at a deal. million borrowers.

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EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

We have our financial aid partners that come and talk to parents as well. Finance is a big question, or it's a big factor for students. So you want to think about [0:25:08.6] _ affordances or finances, so maybe having someone from financial aid. JA: That's awesome.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

Gottlieb says these aren’t always bad news for students, either: “Sometimes it means that the student hasn’t shown up in Financial Aid to sign their promissory note.” ” More difficult are financial holds due to large balances that students must pay on their own.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Both educators and administrators can benefit from the power of data analysis by gaining useful insights that motivate wise choices and improve student outcomes. Streamlining administrative processes. Data management automation can help collate and map tons of data seamlessly, reducing administrative burdens and human errors.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2023

This will require them to deliver detailed information about their finances to the Department. The Department believes it’s responsible for ensuring that the Federal financial aid monies is being properly used, and thus are examining transactions between institutions and these enterprises. It is basically a financing agency.

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

From admissions and registration to IT, academic affairs, and financial aid, there are many individuals who you need to involve for your course-sharing initiative to succeed. Multi-SIS integration provides numerous benefits, including improving the experience for students and reducing the burden on your administrative resources.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It’s one thing for students to be told that they will be admitted if they apply to a particular institution, but these schools rarely provide tailored information on which academic programs might be a fit, how much a student might be eligible for in scholarships and financial aid, or any other direct guidance.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

They also talk about the careers with the best ROI and how those with liberal arts degrees fare by comparison. Podcast Highlights Michael draws on his background as the former director of the College Scorecard program during his time in the Obama Administration to create user-friendly reports, utilizing the dataset’s 2,000 variables.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: If the Biden administration wants to create a list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs, it’s going to have to overcome stiff opposition from the higher education lobby, which decried the plan as a slippery slope, problematic and potentially dangerous.

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