Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Amanda Ellis joined CPE in 2020 as vice president of K-12 policies and programs. We have excellent outcomes on that; we have great support from our legislature that provides a dual credit scholarship that removes financial barriers,” says Ellis. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college. The disparity in merit-based institutional aid award has persisted – and widened – over time.

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Student Loan Hero

DECEMBER 1, 2022

30, 2020, but later extended several times until Dec. Many federal student loan servicer contracts due to expire In June 2020, the Department of Education announced that it had signed contracts with several new loan servicers , which would assume control of most of the federal student loan portfolio. When is the FAFSA deadline?

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. For students who identify as Hispanic or Latino, there are many scholarships worth exploring. ABA Diversity Scholarship. ALCOA Fund Scholarship. AMS Minority Scholarships. HACU IES Abroad Scholarship.

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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. Has the college been the recipient of major gifts? Bloomberg $1.8

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Scholarship America

JULY 17, 2023

Scholarship America reached a proud milestone in 2022: since our founding, we have connected students to $5 billion in scholarships and financial support. The private scholarship industry originated in a higher-education environment that was incredibly homogenous. But as we look to our future, one thing is clear.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Ascendium Education Group is committed to making education and training beyond high school a reality for more people.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fortunately, most students pay less than a college’s published price by taking advantage of the financial aid that’s available to them. Cost of attendance and financial aid availability change year to year. In 2020-2021, 95% of our full-time beginning undergraduates received grant/scholarship aid.”.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Many colleges now use merit aid as a means of boosting their institutional reputation. They use partial merit scholarships as bait to land strong academic performers who will raise their position in college rankings, which many people use as a proxy for educational value. There are still some scholarships awarded solely on merit.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

This post focuses at a micro level on the impact of the failed rollout on individual students participating in the 2024-25 financial aid cycle. Angad Bedi , 20, a sophomore at the University of Maryland majoring in data analytics, has also wrongfully been denied financial aid because his mother doesn’t have an SSN.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

This post focuses at a micro level on the impact of the failed rollout on individual students participating in the 2024-25 financial aid cycle. Angad Bedi , 20, a sophomore at the University of Maryland majoring in data analytics, has also wrongfully been denied financial aid because his mother doesn’t have an SSN.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The student financial aid system has always been complex. It remains unclear when actual FAFSA data will be provided by the ED to colleges so that they can determine who to admit and send offer letters with full financial aid information. The lower the student’s EFC, the more financial aid the student received.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Release PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students Users of the Naviance platform will now have easier access to offers of college admission and financial aid via EAB’s Concourse technology September 12, 2023 FOLSOM, CALIF.

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College Planners of America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Study explores college funding sources, including family income and savings, scholarships, grants, and loans. Families reported spending an average of $25,313 for college in 2021–22, a 4% decrease from 2020–21, marking the second year of lower average college spending by families. This percentage was unchanged from 2020-21.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This year, the FAFSA for academic year 2024-25 will not be available until December due to delays at ED resulting from the roll-out of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020. Starting with the FAFSA to be released in 2024, the EFC will be renamed the Student Aid Index (SAI). However, 2023 is an exception.

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EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

percent from 2010 to 2020. Tuition and Financial Aid. Tuition and financial aid, or discounting, have long been important strategies for yielding undergraduate classes. Second, both tuition and financial aid are important to the calculation of net tuition revenue (NTR) and achieving the financial goals of the plan.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

3 recommendations to make your admissions practices more equitable My previous enrollment leadership roles spanned admissions, financial aid, and advising, so I understand all too well how each phase of a student’s educational journey is impacted by policies in each of these offices.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

About 65% of admissions officers view social media as “fair game” when evaluating potential enrollees, according to a survey performed by Kaplan Test Prep in 2020. You might also use your profiles to document your search for college scholarships. Whether they actually do this, however, is another question. Data: Kaplan.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

College Greenlight became part of EAB in 2020, and we continue to help students connect with colleges and universities to help them find their best college fit and the financial support that they need. And so the other thing I think it's important for people to know about CBOs is what experts they are in their home community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

in 2020, and 35.3% When the following year saw a tremendous decline in racial diversity, the then-president of the University of Washington (UW) signed a pledge that would build more outreach and recruitment through partnerships and scholarship funds that directly supported underrepresented students. in 2021, [and] 36.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

2019; Monarrez & Washington, 2020). These concerns are not new; Tinto’s (1993) and Tracey and Sedlacek’s (1984) groundbreaking studies and theoretical scholarship remain relevant today. At a societal level, the United States’ economy depends on a skilled workforce, particularly given the rapidly changing technological landscape.

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens for applications on October 1, the application for the 2024-25 school year has been delayed until sometime in December—a delay that could have ripple effects on students, families and scholarship programs. Will this change my scholarship deadlines?

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 16, 2023

Assets in 529’s rose to $388 billion in the second quarter of 2022, up from $348 billion in second quarter of 2020. Beneficiaries can use 529 funds to cover costs at any post-secondary institution of higher education that receives Federal financial aid. Rules on Rolling Over a 529 Account into a Roth 401(k).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Following the Supreme Court’s undermining of race-conscious admissions, Alexander expects efforts to squelch programs that factor race into hiring or the awarding of scholarships. Young foresees a strategic shift toward attacks on gender studies. Young says the consequences could be far-reaching. “If

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