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JPMorgan Accuses Frank Financial Aid of Faking Customers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

multinational investment bank, is suing the college planning platform Frank Financial Aid, which it acquired in 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. JPMorgan Chase officials have said that they hoped acquiring Frank would help the bank deepen relationships with college-aged students.

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How Data Drives Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College. As an example, community healthcare training, a workforce training program for entry-level frontline workers, earns its students nine credits toward a public health degree at LaGuardia.

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. The paper offers strategies for colleges to run dual-enrollment programs without breaking the bank.

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. DFC receives support from the founding family of the college, as well as corporations including U.S.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry. This is it.” The trio call themselves the Equity Avengers.

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My 2023 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

Mapping community college finance systems to develop equitable and effective finance policy. Intended and unintended consequences of for-profit college regulation: Examining the 90/10 rule. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) The financial viability of higher education Ducoff, N.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She speaks proudly of CUSP (Completion for Upper-division Students Program), which uses predictive analytics to identify students at risk of not graduating because they have depleted their financial aid. She was crucial to building smooth transfer pathways from CUNY’s community colleges to John Jay.