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Potential Processing Delays for Financial Aid Due to Calculation Error

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Will FAFSA Simplification Make Life Easier for Colleges and Applicants?

EAB

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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A Return to the ‘Normal-Normal’: Colleges Ready to Adjust to End of Pandemic Emergencies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. They’ll have to refamiliarize themselves with the ‘normal-normal,’ as opposed to the ‘new normal.’”

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Secret Shopper Policy Draws Praise, Concern

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Anything that involves the federal government taking a stronger role in monitoring these institutions, I think, is valuable.” These under-resourced schools, Draeger said, need more support from the federal government to be in compliance, not punishment. This is not a program that you can just throw together,” he said.

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Politics and Policy Making in the Postsecondary Sector

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Supreme Court will also hear arguments about the legal validity of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness policy. A: My book is based on research I’ve conducted into the federal government’s role in higher education throughout history and today.

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Washington Update: Higher Ed Policy, Regulations, and Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 182 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

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).

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Predatory Colleges, Converted To Non-Profit, Are Failing (David Halperin, Republic Report)

Higher Education Inquirer

Department of Education to investigate Keiser’s schools, which have received billions in taxpayer-funded student financial aid. Senior Democrats in Congress, including senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have called on the U.S.