Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Seventy-two and a half percent of the students in the program are first-generation college students and 75% are Pell grant eligible.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Among these is the possibility that some of that money will trickle down to students as financial aid. As preoccupied as seniors are, they should find the time to verify that a targeted college is financially stable and they should review its endowment status. In 2018, he bestowed $1.8 2018 MIT Stephen A.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion Grants. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. In spring 2021, the UIA concluded its four-year completion grant initiative after providing more than 5,000 microgrants (valued at $3.6 Understanding how students may use their completion grant funds.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Given past experience, including the 35-day shutdown in 2018, the work of most faculty, students, and staff should not be seriously hindered, and patient care will continue without interruption. Financial aid. Faculty, staff, and students should plan to continue normal operations for the foreseeable future. Sponsored research.

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Scholarship America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Applications, admissions, financial aid and scholarships all have their own deadlines – and they happen while you’re also trying to balance your regular schoolwork, your job, your family and your social life. FAFSA applications open October 1 each year, and completing the application is a required step for any government financial aid.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Pell Grant availability for incarcerated adults Starting in July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell eligible. Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs. This could be a trend that continues in other states.

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Scholarship America

JULY 14, 2023

The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) released a landmark study in 2018 seeking to answer a simple question: can low-income students afford college? Seven in 10 graduates with federal loan debt also received a Pell grant, and Pell graduates have about $4,500 more in debt than higher-income students when they finish their degrees.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Bringing Federal-Level Higher Ed Experience Back to the Community President Sacks’ shared how federal-level experience gave her a different perspective as a college president: “I understand federal grants better than many of my colleagues. And that got us the grant. Department of Education from December 2018 to January 2021.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 12, 2023

Most recently, I interviewed many of them in 2018-2019, before the student loan repayment pause, and again this April through July, as the pause has been set to expire. Borrowers who received Pell grants could qualify for an additional $10,000 in forgiveness. Most took out student loans.

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