Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Education Department (ED) said it has discovered a calculation error in student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, potentially continuing delays for college applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

The Department of Education’s announcement last week of a secret shopper program to investigate the recruitment, enrollment, and financial aid practices of schools has garnered mixed reactions. While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Rebecca is assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University. I asked Rebecca to join me in conversation so we could hear more from her about her work in the area of higher ed policy. One important policy consideration is how divided government at the federal level will affect higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Insights on New Policies in Higher Education This episode of Washington Update examines the dire need for HEA reauthorization. Drumm McNaughton and Tom Netting focus on the Higher Education Act of 2019 (HEA), the FAFSA Simplification Act, and various Title regulations.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

Last month, the Department of Education took another step to hold accountable the non-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education, whose schools, the largest of which was Independence University, shut down in 2021.

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