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New Data Reveal More Must Be Done for Equity in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

college, university, and technical and vocational institutions eligible to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial aid programs. The data also show that many students never make it to commencement day. Dr. Miguel Cardona IPEDS gathers information annually from U.S.

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FAFSA delayed until Dec. 31: How does this complicate your admissions team?

University Business

Colleges and universities’ admissions and enrollment teams were already preparing for one of the most complicated years in financial aid history with the release of FAFSA Simplification. “This means in the minds of prospective students no particular school has a unique edge.”

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Why did these 5 law schools improperly disburse over $2 million in financial aid?

University Business

Federal Student Aid discovered five law schools that improperly disbursed $2.9 million of ineligible federal financial aid funds to 92 students between 2017 and 2022. More from UB: Higher ed may see its first HBCU reach R1 status thanks to this grant Was the federal aid disbursed knowingly or with ignorance?

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Are your school’s hidden costs spooking students? Here’s how to tell it to them straight

University Business

But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much. With how significantly students today regard colleges’ costs and scholarship packages when making their enrollment decision, it may prove wise to take a more transparent approach to student costs.

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Watch the fine print: Colleges should take steps now to prepare for federal regulation changes

University Business

However, colleges and institutions may be overwhelmed and overran by the minutiae of regulatory changes ramping up in financial aid and Title IX offices this academic year. ” Federal Student Aid is hosting 11 webinars throughout June and July to discuss the changes. “It’s summer vacation, I get it.

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NADOHE Panel: Colleges Must Prepare for Affirmative Action Verdicts Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of North Carolina , the cases that could re-shape the role of race in admissions or even ban it entirely, are not likely to be known until next June. Could it prevent DEI offices from funding ethnic student resource centers and programs? The Supreme Court’s decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v.

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New FAFSA won't launch until December

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Those tools include a table that advocates say will make it easier for families and students to determine their Pell Grant eligibility. Brown and other financial aid and college access professionals said the release of the timeline was a “big step forward” in the process toward a simplified FAFSA.