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Financial Aid, Admissions, and “Need Blind” Policies

Great College Advice

What is Need Blind Admission to College? 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. Believe me, they are not. Believe me, they are not.

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RUPAL GADHIA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rupal Gadhia Rupal Gadhia has been named managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid at Harvard Business School. She served as global vice president of brand and digital marketing at Genpact. Gadhia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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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. ” However, one university’s decision to roll out its own financial aid forms is looking all the wiser now. .”

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Higher Ed Officials Express Uncertainty Amid Further FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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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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Report: Applications for UC System Fall 2023 Saw General Declines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. decline in total applications from the previous year’s admissions cycle.

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Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard

EAB

Creating a Customized Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Dashboard Elmira College's partnership with Edify About Elmira College is a private college with a total enrollment of 673 students, a 76% retention rate, and a 56% six-year graduation rate.