Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

The Biden administration is best known for one thing: vastly overreaching its authority and then acting surprised when it gets pushback. Students reading this might recognize the names of potential third-party servicers like Blackboard or Canvas that could get swept up under the new definition and compliance regime. 15, the U.S.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Most colleges are not following best practices for providing clear and standard information in their financial aid offers. That’s a direct quote from the latest federal analysis of how easy—or difficult—colleges and universities are making it for students to figure out how much higher ed will cost. Label type of aid.

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University Business

MAY 24, 2023

A new report by Bain & Company is forecasting the majority of higher education to be in a tough financial spot three years from now due to a confluence of operational challenges affecting institutions. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It will also be trimming its faculty and staff positions to parallel its enrollment losses more accurately, and considering how great the number of students SUNY Potsdam has lost in the past decade, its staff cuts will not be light. SUNY Potsdam plans to cut up to 14 degrees from its academic catalog, including 11 bachelor’s programs.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2023

Today, nearly one-third of parents and students believe that a college education is overpriced, and 81% of families crossed a school off their list at some point due to cost, according to a Sallie Mae and Ipsos study. “You It used to be a clever marketing tactic for colleges to increase their cost of attendance incrementally.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

Before the release of the application, FSA is planning to share online tools that families, students, counselors and others can use to estimate aid eligibility under the new formula, and the office will hold numerous training sessions on the new system. She and others still want a specific date.

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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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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Gustafson served in faculty and administration at Presbyterian for nearly two decades before departing to Mercer University (Ga.) There, she served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose 2000-student population is double the size of Presbyterian’s, according to the college’s website. Retired Clarence D.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2024

Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. Public Administration Review, 78(4), 626-639. Transitions in higher education: Safeguarding the interest of students (THESIS). Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48(3), Article 4.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639. link ) University of Tennessee System’s FY2023 budget: [link] University of Tennessee System’s FY2022 annual financial report: [link] UTK’s Budget Allocation Model website: [link] Higher education expenditures Archibald, R. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Hossler has received career achievement awards from the American College Personnel Association, the Association for Institutional Research, the College Board, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. “Edu Alliance is honoured to welcome Don to the Advisory Council,” said Managing Partner Dean Hoke.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said. But the system doesn’t have enough administrative staff to navigate the complexities of managing a multistate workforce and can’t offer the flexibility some employees want.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Jill Desjean, senior policy analyst, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators “These waivers have been in place for three years, so schools have been really used to them,” said Jill Desjean, a senior policy analyst with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

college, university, and technical and vocational institutions eligible to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial aid programs. Cardona said the results of the data collection show that institutions must do more to raise the bar for student success and equitable outcomes.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JANUARY 25, 2022

College rankings are important in the United States and even more important to students from other countries. And an institution’s ranking is also an important part of risk reduction for international students. Whether we like it or not, our ranking is part of our product. The place is another factor that gets careful consideration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Michael Connolly, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, argued that if the forgiveness program was cancelled, the Biden administration could use the Higher Education Act as a source of authority to forgive a greater amount of debt. Overall, I see it as a good day for student loan borrowers,” he said.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Can you provide demographic or psychographic information on your online student population? Student Support Questionnaire What forms of payment are allowed? How does the institution track students’ financial aid status? Can payments be made online?

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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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University Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Joe Biden’s tenure in office has proven his administration does not take the pandemic lightly for higher education: His $40 billion bandage has helped over 18 million students receive emergency aid since 2021, according to the Department of Education’s latest performance report on HEERF. million students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Melanie Storey, deputy director of policy implementation and oversight for the Office of Federal Student Aid, told attendees at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ leadership conference that the agency wouldn’t commit to a launch date this fall, though it is working aggressively toward an Oct.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

” The biggest challenge higher education is bound to face without access to federal financial aid is student support, says Guerrero. Specifically, colleges and universities will need to find innovative ways to generate non-tuition revenue that can support student financial aid services.

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University Business

JULY 18, 2023

While financial aid’s admissions cycles, student expectations and processing cycles change, one must consider the legal ramifications the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action will also have on it. For example, they know the coursework required for a degree and student transcripts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Nearly 13 million college students divvied up $19.5 billion in federal COVID-19 emergency aid in 2021, and the Education Department estimated that 18 million total—80 percent of whom were Pell Grant recipients—received aid during the first two years of the Biden administration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

Virtually all of them—whether they argued for or against current policy guidance, which permits revenue-sharing agreements if the provider “bundles” nonrecruitment services with the recruitment work it does—purported to be speaking on behalf of students. What Is the ‘Bundled-Services Exemption’?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: The first version of what the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid will look like is here, and it’s not the short application many have hoped for. It has 46 questions and runs 21 pages, although many students won’t have to answer all the questions. So I think it could be a really easy experience.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

defaults, colleges and universities would lose significant federal funding and students may lose access to aid. Unfortunately, in the last several years, colleges and universities and financial aid offices have gotten used to a political game of chicken in Washington, D.C., If no deal is made, the U.S. And if the U.S.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MAY 31, 2022

Keep in mind that for these prospective students the decision to enroll out of home country is a risky decision. It is risky because many of these students will have never lived out of their home countries. Students from more affluent families may have traveled abroad, but many prospective students will not have done so.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: Higher education administrators say a change in the federal student aid formula could mean lower levels of financial aid for children whose parents run family farms or small businesses, and they want Congress to take action. “The net worth includes everything,” he said. ” Thomas L.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

” Increasing the Pell Grant by is a key part of the administration’s plan to make college more affordable. The administration also is renewing calls for free community college with a $90 billion proposal over 10 years. Further, the administration wants $500 million to jump-start the free community college effort.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

This is a real win for students,” he said. “As We know who the students are who are most often victimized by predatory institutions,” he said. If it’s a more typical federal process where it’s slow and involves a lot of lawsuits that drag out for five or 10 years, then it’s not going to do anything to help students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Elena Kagan “The Court is supposed to stick to its business—to decide only cases and controversies, and to stay away from making this Nation’s policy about subjects like student-loan relief,” she wrote. That authority kicks in only under exceptional conditions,” wrote Kagan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

A: I think it’s important for senior leaders in higher education institutions to be aware of the public policy context and how it influences higher education and the resources available to institutions and students. That said, what do you want our presidents and chancellors to be thinking about as we launch into 2023?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Image: Several Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans during a nearly four-hour hearing Tuesday. The court ended up blocking the Trump administration from ending the program.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The discussion highlights the Biden-Harris administration’s active role in Negotiated Rulemaking since late 2020, bringing about a comprehensive set of regulations affecting higher education. The Higher Education Act (HEA) was signed into law in 1965 and is supposed to be renewed every five years. 00:00:32] Tom: Sure.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here’s what’s been happening lately: — Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Grand Canyon University and its CEO, asserting that the school deceived doctoral students about the costs and course requirements of programs — and about the school’s claimed nonprofit status. The FTC lawsuit follows an October announcement by the U.S.

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