Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 4, 2023
Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecurity.
Great College Advice
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 4, 2023
The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm. She also noted that a growing lack of financial aid officers at the colleges risks slowing down the processing of student financial aid paperwork.
Great College Advice
APRIL 15, 2024
Luckily, if you’ve already been accepted to a school, you should also have been provided your financial aid award letter. If you’re living on campus, you’ll also pay the school directly for your food and housing. Pay careful attention to the type of aid they’re offering. These are your direct costs.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MAY 31, 2023
Providing more financial aid and more information about financial aid can help prospective students make a true risk assessment. Providing more generous financial aid targeted based on need and simple to apply for has a strong positive impact on increasing enrollment and persistence.
Higher Ed Connects: Technology
OCTOBER 20, 2019
When it determines that students could use specific help, it connects them to corresponding on-campus resources, like the financial aid office or the career center. Each department—whether it is academic, registrar, advising, career counseling, student services, student success, food service, housing—are separate fiefdoms.
The Change Leader, Inc.
AUGUST 8, 2023
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