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Department of Education Resumes Federal Student Loan Collections After Four-Year Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education announced this week that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans beginning Monday, May 5, 2025, ending a pause that has been in effect since March 2020. The book is scheduled to be released in September 2025. million borrowers owing more than $1.6

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Village at Cerritos College is California’s first community college housing project exclusively for homeless students. Since 2020, almost 60% of Village residents have been Latino and have completed their degree or certificate programs in an average of 3.4 years, compared to the collegewide average of 5.2

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Research shows that having role models of the same race and ethnicity with whom you identify directly correlates and contributes to pursuit of and achievement in academic and professional endeavors,” says Kelly Grossman, communications and development manager at HISPA. The students identify and see themselves as that person.”

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Five Lessons for Turning Practice into Policy

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Insights from IHEP’s Community of Practice to Policy to Increase Degree Completion By Janiel Santos Higher education can be a pathway to economic security and social mobility – but only if a student earns a degree. Between July 2020 and July 2021, 1.4 Timing is everything,” Murphy emphasized. “

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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As students cast a wider net when considering their options, it’s critical that community colleges make early, meaningful interactions with students, follow up with inquiries, and create a recruitment communications strategy that will allow them to stand out against the other options the student might be considering. rate in 2020.

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How Technology Can Expand Support for Students with a Disability

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With this concern, as Higher Education Today wrote in 2020 means that “shaping the culture of higher education institutions is one of the most important steps to achieving the goal of disability-diversity and inclusion.” With Symplicity Accommodate, institutions can ensure that their campuses, whether in person or online, have equal access.

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Five Lessons for Turning Practice into Policy

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Insights from IHEP’s Community of Practice to Policy to Increase Degree Completion By Janiel Santos Higher education can be a pathway to economic security and social mobility – but only if a student earns a degree. Between July 2020 and July 2021, 1.4 Timing is everything,” Murphy emphasized. “

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