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Biden-Harris Administration Propose End to Higher Ed ‘Junk Fees’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Biden-Harris administration is proposing new steps to crack down on “hidden junk fees” to lower costs saddled on college students and families and make higher education more affordable. Roughly 7 million undergraduate, graduate, and parent borrowers pay origination fees, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

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Financial Aid, Admissions, and “Need Blind” Policies

Great College Advice

Clients have asked me repeatedly to explain the relationship between the financial aid and admissions offices, and to help them to understand how financial need is factored into admissions decisions. This should give you a clue that the two offices, while administratively independent, are two sides of the same coin.

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Biden Administration Forgives $72M for Students Misled by Ashford U

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over 2,300 student borrowers who were ripped off by their online for-profit college will have their loans forgiven, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. My administration won’t stand for colleges taking advantage of hardworking students and borrowers,” said President Joe Biden in a statement. billion dollars in relief to 1.1

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Integrating Student Management Systems with Other Educational Technologies: A Path to Holistic Education Management

Creatrix Campus

Integrating Student Management Systems with Other Educational Technologies: A Path to Holistic Education Management editor Fri, 05/31/2024 - 01:24 It is undeniably true that a higher education institution with an efficient student management system in place runs like a well-oiled machine. What are Student Management Systems?

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MELANIE LECHTENBERG

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Melanie Lechtenberg Melanie Lechtenberg has been named vice president for enrollment management at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She served as dean of records, registrar, and financial aid at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois.

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Facility reinvestment, bogged by inflationary costs, manages upswing in 2024, report

University Business

Gordian, a facility and construction management leader, analyzed its extensive higher education database, conducted qualitative research on campuses and spoke with facilities services leaders to examine how colleges and universities are managing their physical space three years removed from the disruption of the pandemic.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

In Budgets and financial management in higher education (pp. The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue. The case of responsibility-centered management. Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38 (3), 706-731. Understanding budgets.

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