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Building a Strong Foundation for TRIO in the 119th Congress

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However, priorities for the first few months include passing the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill by March 14 and using the budget reconciliation process to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax cuts. Republican leadership is still charting the path forward for the 119th Congress.

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The Case for IES Postsecondary Studies: What NPSAS and BPS Tell us About Student Veterans, Parents, First-Generation Student Experiences

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Only 17% of veteran students earned a bachelors degree by 2017, compared to 37% of nonveterans. NPSAS, BPS, and data from the Veterans Benefits Administration offer the most comprehensive view into veterans education outcomes. What Completion Challenges Do Working Students and Student Parents Face?

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Walden University Settles in False Advertising and 'Reverse Red-Lining' Lawsuit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Specifically, the school was alleged to have prolonged how long it would take for students to complete the second phase of the program, a final “capstone” research and writing project. She started the program in September 2017 and finished in October 2020. "It

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Reconciling Contrasting Findings on Perceptions of Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Columbia study, which had the more positive results, showed that perceptions of higher ed have declined since the researchers did a similar survey in 2017: there was a seven-point decrease in the percentage of Americans who saw public spending on higher ed as an excellent or good investment.

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Data-Informed College Decisions: Students Deserve Clear, Consistent, and Complete Financial Aid Offers

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For example, financial aid offers, provided to students once admitted to a school, help students determine attendance costs, gift aid, work-study, and/or student loans available to cover those costs. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office. It has since been replaced by the College Financing Plan.

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Report: Students Leave $3.6 Billion on the Table in Unclaimed Pell Funds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

billion left behind represents a strong increase from 2017, when $2.3 The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. The intermountain region is always super-low because there is this strong bias against taking on loans,” he said. “A This year’s $3.58

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New Congress Augurs Investigations, Little Legislation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina representative who previously served as chairwoman of the committee from 2017-2019 and was most recently the ranking member. Foxx is a former college administrator and had previously introduced several pieces of higher ed legislation, including a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 2017.