IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A time to reflect on progress towards our vision of a more equitable and just society through higher education and a time to reflect on the vital need to continue our efforts with persistence and zeal into 2025 and beyond. We will continue advocating for robust transparency to inform student choices and evidence-based policymaking.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. The selected scholars, who emerged from a competitive application process, will convene in Philadelphia this month for ATD's annual DREAM conference.

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College Aid Services

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Federal Student Aid will host a live internet webinar on November 8th to provide administrators with an update on processing for the 2024–25 FAFSA , beta testing for the 2025–26 FAFSA, and when the upcoming application will be available.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Education has released the Application and Verification Guide of 2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook. The text is designed for financial aid professionals and counselors to help students file their FAFSA applications, make corrections, and verify information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

“I very much think it has been invigorating for me over the years to see the data-driven decisions that lead us to doing things with our students that are amazing,” she says. Having served as vice president for student affairs at Cal State, Fullerton, from 2012–19, Eanes was familiar with the Cal State system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This is a historic moment for Sacramento State and a unique partnership with the Native communities to support Native American students,” said Dr. J. The program will provide students with the necessary academic, professional, tribally centered, community-focused, culturally based skills to become successful leaders. “The

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 26, 2025, the Department of Education reopened the online application for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for federal student loan borrowers. This follows a very stressful period for student loan borrowers. On February 21, the Department pulled down the IDR application.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

A more efficient process is underway for filing the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Cordona, the new process is informed by conversations with and feedback from students, institutions, and other stakeholders following a challenging 2024-25 FAFSA cycle. Jeremy Singer According to U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

They want to work with students who have similar backgrounds and experiences. They are incredibly dedicated to their students and to the communities surrounding MSIs and from which they come. They believe in their students and the students know this and it’s empowering."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Common App has launched its 2024–2025 application for more than 1,100 colleges and universities worldwide. The not-for-profit organization founded in 1975 has grown to serve more a million students online annually through its online application platform.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2024

Jelani Cobb Student prospects now can apply to degree programs in Columbia Journalism School at no cost. Applications to the journalism school for 2025-26 opened Aug. The school announced the move as part of its efforts, known as the CJS2030 strategic initiatives, to foster an inclusive media landscape.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Active Minds

JANUARY 29, 2025

The Emerging Scholar Fellowship , generously supported by the Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health and Macys , is a unique opportunity for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or Persons of Color (BIPOC) to work on their own groundbreaking mental health-related independent research. Authored by Alicia Elms.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Department of Education (Department) announced today that it entered the final beta testing period of the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), Beta 4, which will build on the successful results from the first three beta periods. Since Oct. The Department… More » U.S.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The 2025-26 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools is now available as an online document and an integrated search function for applicants navigating the fafsa.gov website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

While there were over 85 outstanding applicants, Dr. Love was in a category of her own. Loves current focus is a web-based citizen science project called Name That Neutrino that she and her students created in 2023, seeking a multitude of volunteers to participate in the process. The research project, IceCube Data Analysis in the U.S.

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Active Minds

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Emerging Scholar Fellowship , generously supported by the Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health and Macys , is a unique opportunity for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or Persons of Color (BIPOC) to work on their own groundbreaking mental health-related independent research. Authored by Elena Smith.

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College Aid Services

MAY 1, 2025

Department of Education has released the May 2025 update to the 202526 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools. This list is essential for students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), as it contains the unique codes that identify institutions participating in Title IV federal student aid programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

AccessLex Institute has released its 2025 Legal Education Data Deck, providing comprehensive insights into the current state of legal education in the United States. Hispanic/Latine applicants and American Indian/Alaska Native applicants also faced significant barriers, with admission rates of 57% and 52% respectively.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Updated November 21st The Department of Education continues to beta test the 2025-26 FAFSA with a select group of institutions and students as the December 1 release date approaches. Here is the latest regarding the upcoming application, as detailed on the Updates page: 2025-26 FAFSA Beta Updates Nov.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Financial aid offices can access the 2025-26 FAFSA Paper form through the FAFSA Partner Portal, as the Department of Education begins processing applications; functionality for student corrections will arrive in early 2025.

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College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Department of Education has officially launched the 2025-26 FAFSA application nearly two weeks ahead of the original December 1st deadline. After months of beta testing, the form is available to all students and families via the dedicated FAFSA portal at studentaid.gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

They expressed frustrations about feeling hamstrung in their efforts to serve students from underrepresented groups and conceded that many of them had begun to self-censor. It was titled: Supporting Y(our) Students While Feeling Unsupported: Addressing the impact of DEI legislation. Dr. Ivory A.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Rhonda Stanton, Azaria Hogans, and Karmen Brewer will be recognized as the recipients of the 2025 Curtis P. Davis Master Advisor Reception on March 10, 2025, from 4-5 p.m. in the Ballroom East in Plaster Student Union. The recipients of this award have demonstrated excellent advising to Missouri State students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Wade Boykins passing in January 2025, I have been rather distraught, wanting to ensure that his legacy is in the forefront of educators minds Dr. Donna Y. Ford and hearts as they seek to provide Black students with rigorous and relevant instructional styles and strategies. Since learning of Dr. A.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Service releases for EDExpress for Windows 2024–25 and Windows 2025-26 are now available for download. Both software updates resolve an error in the Application Processing module, where a student’s highest or active ISIR transaction number failed to update properly. and 2025-26, Release 1.0 and 2025-26, Release 1.0

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2023

New Mexico's Higher Education Department has announced that it is accepting applications for a program that will provide up to 100 percent student loan forgiveness for New Mexico residents who graduated from one of the 23 out-of-state professional and graduate programs. Michelle Lujan Grisham has approved $2.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2024

We believe in the power of the Hollins academic and residential experience and want to ensure that students can access this experience regardless of income level,” said Hollins President Dr. Mary Dana Hinton. “At The program is made possible through funding from Hollins and applicable federal and state grants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Jeremy Singer, who is currently the president of College Board, has been named to lead the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) overall strategy, according to the U.S. Singer will lead FSA’s overall strategy on the 2025-26 FAFSA form. Department of Education. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Department of Education has released its framework for the 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Period, which starts Oct. Jeremy Singer “We’re using the beta testing period to uncover and fix issues with the FAFSA form before the form is available to millions of students and their families,” said FAFSA Executive Advisor Jeremy Singer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants to the Class of 2029 and beyond, reports The Dartmouth. Dartmouth applicants will be required to take and submit scores from the SAT or ACT college entrance exams.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It's a space where Black students, parents, educators, and community members come together to celebrate Black children, identify harmful policies and practices, and advocate for transformative change. Another exciting program CBCE offers is the Sankofa Student Agency Coalition (SSAC).

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

JANUARY 15, 2025

On December 20, 2024, the Department of Education announced that it is temporarily pausing the processing of Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) discharge applications. The TPD processing pause will last from December 20, 2024, to early March 2025. What is the Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge Program?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

Our goals are to attract the best and brightest students and to make sure every student is successful once they are here,” said President Dr. Jay Hartzell. Dr. Jay Hartzell The requirement will be applied during the fall 2025 semester application period, Aug. Also, with an abundance of high school GPAs surrounding 4.0,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Minnesota students who are undocumented immigrants will be eligible for the state's new tuition-free college program , Axios reported. Those who submit a FAFSA or Minnesota Dream Act application for the 2024-2025 academic year will be considered automatically. 5-10% of students without legal status who graduate from U.S.

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College Aid Services

MAY 15, 2025

Department of Education is seeking public feedback on the proposed 20262027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 13, 2025. For more details and to submit your feedback, visit the Federal Register notice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

For six months, the committee collected and analyzed data, reviewed comparative information, and met with colleagues who shared expertise and student leaders as it studied whether Brown should alter its current early decision policy. I am committed to ensuring these values are reflected in the way we build our student body,” she continued.

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