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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Per the one-time federal student loan debt relief effort, Pell Grant recipients who earned within a certain amount of income during the pandemic — less than $125,000 for individuals and under $250,000 for married couples or heads of households — would have had up to $20,000 in debt forgiven. Approximately 2.9 1, 2023, to Sept.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. More than five years ago, “OLC entered into binding contracts with specific hotels through 2028,” Mathes said in an email.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2: The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, the consultant—while well-qualified having served as commissioner of higher education, associate commissioner for academic and student affairs for the Institutions of Higher Learning, and a community college president–had never formally applied as a candidate and his name wasn’t presented publicly as one of the eight candidates.