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Women Early Career Professionals Face Significant Pay Gap, NACE Study Finds 

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study surveyed 1,441 professionals who graduated between 2017 and 2023, including 519 men and 922 women. The pay gap compounds financial challenges for women, who were more likely than men to use student loans for college expenses and expressed less confidence about their ability to repay that debt.

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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

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Only 17% of veteran students earned a bachelors degree by 2017, compared to 37% of nonveterans. Among students who entered college in 2011, six years later, only 19% of first-generation students earned a bachelor’s degree, compared to 47% whose parents completed a degree.

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Study: Student Loan Presence Linked to Worse Student Health Outcomes and Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Having student loans is associated with worse health outcomes and practices, according to a new study published in the Journal of American College Health. universities, looking to see whether there was a relationship between student loan presence and the health of students.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She started the program in September 2017 and finished in October 2020. "It The class of people included in this case are all Black students who were enrolled in Walden’s DBA program from 2007 to 2017 and all female students enrolled in the program in the same time period who had received student loans, according to Ramchandani. “In

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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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Court Stops US Dept. of Ed. From Using Newest Borrower Defense and Closed School Discharge Rules: What Borrowers Need To Know

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Each year, thousands of borrowers struggle with repaying their federal student loan debt after they attended predatory schools that lied or withheld important information to get them to enroll, or closed and prevented them from completing their program. That’s bad news for borrowers, though they can continue to apply for relief.