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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. Eight economic facts on higher education.

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Senators Concerned About FAFSA Form Error Harming Students in Mixed-Status Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Senators Alex Padilla of California and Bernie Sanders of Vermont in a letter to Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A. Padilla and Sanders, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, led 24 Senators in urging U.S.

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Higher Ed Organization Leaders to Form Task Force to Address Financial Aid Confusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ted Mitchell Higher ed institutions often use different terminology and guidelines when providing financial aid information. The “Paying for College Transparency Initiative” seeks to improve clarity, accuracy, and consistency of student financial aid offers.

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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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My 2023 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again at Tennessee this summer. Our students take classes year-round, and I am offering the class in a condensed five-week format this summer to best meet the needs of our students. Here is the reading list I am assigning my students for the course.

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Higher Ed Institutions Garner $58B Through Philanthropy in FY23

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. percent decline from the record high reported in 2022, it demonstrates continued significant philanthropic support to the important higher education sector. Giving to U.S. Although this represents a 2.5 of the total.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List (Robert Kelchen)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: This article first appeared at the Kelchen on Education blog.] This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. The higher education finance landscape and data sources Chetty, R., Friedman, J.

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