School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 3, 2024

Additionally, higher-income families are increasingly seeking financial assistance, highlighting the shifting demographics of financial aid applicants. Our blog explores two effective strategies schools can use to enhance their financial aid programs, both of which are highlighted in our 2024 Financial Aid Trends Report.

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COE

APRIL 16, 2024

Demystifying Graduate School: A Guide for First-Gen BIPOC and Nontraditional Students April 16, 2024 — by Yvette Martinez-Vu and Miroslava Chavez-Garcia Is Grad School for Me? Networking complements femtorship, facilitating connections within academic circles and beyond.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 31, 2024

This announcement was a huge disappointment for people looking forward to the accurate and timely disbursement of the $7 billion in Federal student aid for the 2024-25 academic year. Yet the form for 2024-25 is not yet available in February 2024. “, a spokesperson told NPR.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Department of Education rejected many applications based solely on minor formatting issues. Its application was rejected because it used one-and-a-half spacing instead of double spacing in the text within graphics on two of its 65 application pages. Among those affected was the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI).

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Close the Gap Foundation

JANUARY 23, 2023

An essential component of the program is the mentor-Fellow relationship, which is designed to facilitate students' project-based learning experience. Stockton, Bakersfield, and Fresno areas in the Central CA Valley are close to home for program volunteers, and have seen rising application rates in recent years.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News 2024 rankings for Best Value Schools are based on the four metrics below: 1. News 2024 Best Colleges rankings) relative to the average discounted tuition paid by 2022-23 full-time undergraduates after receiving need-based scholarships and grants. News integrates academic quality after calculating actual cost less financial aid.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

October to December 2023 On October 1, 2023, Kimberly Jones assumed the presidency of the Council for Opportunity in Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. In addition, new routine program reviews are being suspended through June 2024, except for issues of suspected fraud or severe breach of fiduciary duty. On Monday, the U.S. Since the form became available on Dec.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The first digital SAT, set for March of 2024, will be taken by current 10 th graders as well as students in lower grades who wish to take it. The same accommodations will be facilitated for the digital tests that are available now under the paper-test system. Current 10 th graders can take only the paper SAT up until December 2023.​.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The Board of Governors is expected to have a final vote on adopting the regulations at their meeting on January 24, 2024. This same tone and tenor have proven politically potent in the current 2024 Presidential election race. This decision aligns with the bill signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in May 2023.

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