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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EAB

JUNE 13, 2023

EAB’s Kathy Ruby and Madeleine Rhyneer explore changes to FAFSA forms themselves and to how the federal government calculates eligibility for student financial aid. They highlight winners and losers under the new federal formula and examine how the changes may impact different types of institutions.

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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. According to Spreitzer, additional specifics should be available from the government soon. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries. The program will use undercover operatives—“secret shoppers”—to test whether schools are complying with laws governing the federal financial aid program.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

A: I think it’s important for senior leaders in higher education institutions to be aware of the public policy context and how it influences higher education and the resources available to institutions and students. 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

Washington Update Key Discussion Points: Higher Education Act 2019 Changes : Emphasis on the need for a comprehensive review of the act, touching on Title II (teacher education), Title IV (federal student financial aid), and Title IX (campus security). and how these will impact institutions and students.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 2, 2024

The apparent aims were to evade the heightened government regulations applied uniquely to for-profit schools in order to guard against waste, fraud, and abuse — and to escape the growing stigma that the industry’s predatory behavior had placed on for-profits.

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