COE

MAY 3, 2024

EQUALITY, Spring 2024 May 3, 2024 — by Terrance L. January to May 2024 At COE’s Policy Seminar, Secretary Cardona urged education advocates to action, stressing the importance of advocacy, inclusivity, and collective effort to advance educational equity, drawing from his personal journey as a first-generation college student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Partnership with Native Americans offers scholarships, college grants, emergency funding, college readiness camps, and literacy and school supplies through its American Indian Education Program to improve Native students’ access to higher education. We're proud to support PWNA."

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College Aid Services

MAY 22, 2023

The Department of Education (ED) has released the Pell Grant look-up tables for the award year 2024-25. These tables assist in determining a student’s eligibility for the maximum or minimum Pell Grant amount. ED has also made updates to the 2024-25 Draft Student Aid Index (SAI) and the Pell Grant Eligibility guide.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. Of the Latino students in U.S. The vast majority of these students are citizens of the U.S. (90%),

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Two volumes from the 2024-2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook regarding student eligibility for awards, parent borrowers, and Pell Grants are now publicly available.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JUNE 8, 2022

Here is an update on the FAFSA Changes For 2024-25. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will see the majority of changes starting in the 2024-25 academic year and not in the 2023-24 year that was originally planned. Restores Pell Grant eligibility for those who didn’t graduate because their school closed down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

Livingstone — a private historically Black college — provides business, liberal arts, STEAM, teacher education, and workforce development programs for students from all ethnic backgrounds. The grant allows Livingstone College to enhance existing spaces on the campus where our students can gather, ideate, and collaborate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It Can students get childcare, or food? Because you can’t have student success without those things.” Sameer Gadkaree, TICAS president and CEO.

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College Aid Services

MARCH 15, 2023

President Joe Biden on Thursday released his first budget request for fiscal year 2024, which would boost funding for the Department of Education (ED) by 13.6%, and includes plans to increase the maximum Pell Grant award by $820, provide more funding for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), and expand access to free community… More » Biden’s (..)

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College Aid Consulting Services

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The 2023-2024 FAFSA® deadlines parents need to know. It’s important for students to submit their applications for financial aid as soon as possible. Important FAFSA Dates to Add to Your Calendar There are three key dates students should circle in their calendars every year: October 1st, June 30th, and September 10th. After Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has updated how it calculates the amount of aid students will receive to be in full alignment with the FAFSA Simplification Act. Cardona said the update, the latest in ED’s 2024–25 Better FAFSA ® implementation, will not impact implementation timelines. Since the new 2024–25 FAFSA form became available Dec.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Earlham College has received nearly $1 million for a summer immersion experience for Indiana high school students. The grant – from Lilly Endowment Inc. Students who complete the program will earn college credits. 18-23 and 25-30. Indiana has been seeing a decline in Indiana residents pursuing higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

million to train students and teachers to work with those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, the Idaho Capital Sun reported. The program’s first cohort will be accepted Fall 2024. Idaho State University has received $2.2 The integration of technology helps bring families together, regardless of their geographic locations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When Imperial Valley College (IVC) conducted a student survey seven years ago, they discovered over 200 students experiencing food and housing insecurity. The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Prairie View A&M University was named among seven colleges and universities and colleges receiving a 2024 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. We commend these colleges and universities for their exemplary work in advancing the intercultural skills of their students, faculty, and staff in today’s dynamic landscape.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. Amid news that the U.S.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students. To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S.

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Believe in Students

APRIL 1, 2024

In 2020, the pandemic helped shed light on the issues we have long known are true: the increase in the price of college for students and the accompanying rise in basic needs insecurity for today’s students is a serious threat to the long-term success of our higher education system. Our students feel it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

For Dr. Lauren Christine Mims, few challenges are more important in public education than creating spaces for Black students to flourish and thrive. Colleagues and students hail Mims for shifting the focus away from viewing Black students, parents, and families through a deficit lens.

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HEAG

JANUARY 31, 2023

On January 26, 2023, the Department of Education, signed by Richard Cordray, Chief Operating officer, released the Pell grant payment charts for the 2023-2024 award year. Each year, HEAG monitors the Pell grant changes closely to share the news with … Read more »

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College Planners of America

MAY 13, 2023

The 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) integrates major changes in the way students will apply for Federal student aid. Education Department (ED), these changes will help students by enabling a better and simpler FAFSA experience. According to the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

“This work will better position rural America to build economic prosperity, invest in agricultural research and give students the chance to succeed in the communities they love.” AFRI grant funding begins in July 2024 for the four-year project, led by Dr. Chyi Lyi “Kathleen” Liang, W.K. USDA makes lots of grants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

State appropriations received through House Bill 8 would be used to help fund college programs and expenses, which will free up dollars to help cover the costs of tuition for students. Funds from the college’s proposed free tuition program would be the first dollars a student would receive to help cover the costs of college.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JANUARY 3, 2024

How Finding Money for College Is Now Easier Than Ever For the last 40+ years, students and families have been frustrated by the process of filing the FAFSA. EFC: The Expected Family Contribution will be changed to the Student Aid Index (SAI). Pell Grants: More students will be eligible to receive maximum or partial federal Pell grants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2023

Glenda Glover will step down from her post at the end of the spring 2024 semester, closing out a decade of leading her alma mater, the Tennessean reported. From 1974 to 2024, a 50-year blessing. Serving as president of Tennessee State University has been the honor of a lifetime," Glover said. This is where I got my start.

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COE

MAY 10, 2023

The Sisterhood: Deloris Davis Grant and Dianne Davis Wright Lead Book Club Discussion of Sister Viola Davis’s Memoir, Finding Me May 10, 2023 — by Maura Casey “I am so lucky to have my sisterhood, to belong to the club of the Davis girls,” said Deloris Davis Grant. None of us could fight individually. Our commitment was to the whole.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Download this guide   to maximize net tuition r eve n ue while maintaining affordability for families in the new year. By providing financial assistance to families facing economic challenges, K-12 private and independent schools can ensure that a diverse student body can access quality education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2023

Now, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has begun to fill that void with the release of new data estimating changes in how student and family assets will be calculated and how much students will get. Over 45% of students from the data sample would experience a decrease from EFC to SAI of $1,000-$2,500.

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COE

MARCH 23, 2024

Congress Averts Shutdown, Levels Funding for TRIO and GEAR UP Programs in FY24 March 23, 2024 — by Owen Toomey Because the Fiscal Responsibility Act, also known as the debt limit deal, capped federal spending at FY23 levels, the Federal TRIO Programs received level funding at $1.191 billion. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an essential step for all students seeking Federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid. Its dual purpose is to make it easier for students and families to complete the FAFSA and to make the allocation of Federal student aid funds more equitable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel nearly half a trillion dollars of student debt, his administration moved quickly to show that it wasn’t giving up. “I According to Dr. Rebecca Natow, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University, a final rule could be released in early 2024.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How the FAFSA is Making Financial Aid More Accessible to Families Nationwide In the last year and a half, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – or FAFSA – has undergone major changes to make the application easier to complete for students nationwide. Who should file the FAFSA?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As CEO of the nonprofit American Association of University Women (AAUW), she serves as a thought leader on issues ranging from the pay gap to equity in STEM to student loan debt. Blackwell continues nearly two decades of leadership activity at AAUW, shepherding fellowships and grants programs.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Department of Education (Department) today released new state-by-state data and details showing that the simplified, streamlined, and redesigned 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will help 610,000 new students from low-income backgrounds receive Federal Pell Grants.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Maximize Your Financial Aid By Understanding the New Student Aid Index One of the biggest updates to the FAFSA is the introduction of the Student Aid Index (SAI). The Student Aid Index is replacing the Expected Family Contribution, which was the amount a family would have to pay out-of-pocket for college expenses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Amid ongoing issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, the City University of New York (CUNY) is looking to help. The initiative is for students seeking financial aid for college this coming fall. Greg Nayor, vice president for enrollment management at La Salle University.

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