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CUNY Designates Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Lunar New Year, and Diwali as Official Holidays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The measure is effective starting in 2025. 29, 2025, in honor of Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar calendar, a cultural holiday for many Asian communities. Classes will not be held June 5, 2025, for Eid al-Adha, known as the Feast of Sacrifice, nor Oct.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology Outreach Efforts Earn It Hispanic-Serving Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lim The institute — which operates at the highest tier of research (R1) — reached its goal a year ahead of schedule, after launching its Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council to fuel Hispanic student enrollment and deepen relationships with Hispanic and Latinx alumni, businesses, and organizations.

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The 2024-2025 FAFSA is Live – Or Is It?

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

A Soft Launch of This Year’s Financial Aid Application is Causing Frustration For months, parents, students, and financial aid experts alike have been waiting for the 2024-2025 FAFSA to go live. Right now, the best thing families and students can do is finish filing their FAFSA for the 2024-2025 year. What happens now?

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When Will the 2024-2025 FAFSA Be Available?

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

Updates to the FAFSA Have Delayed College Financial Aid for Millions The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has undergone some major updates for the 2024-2025 application cycle. FAFSA Release for the 2024-2025 As of this moment, the Education Department has announced that FAFSA will be released by December 31st.

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2024-2025 FAFSA Changes: What You Need to Know for College Funding

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

many students and families are left wondering how financial aid distribution will work for the 2024-2025 school year. 2024-2025 FAFSA Updates For the 2024-2025 college application cycle, the FAFSA will be open to students and family by December 31, 2023. Unfortunately, that means we’re not 100% sure when that opening day is.

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Updates to the 2024-2025 FAFSA Will Help Maximize Your Financial Aid

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

As we wait, it seems like the perfect time to review changes to the 2024-2025 FAFSA that will help you maximize financial aid -and your time filling out the forms! Schedule a 15 Minute Power Chat to learn more about finding ways to pay for college. Now, the FAFSA is supposed to be released sometime this month by 31 December.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: New student orientation course scheduling process overwhelmed students, prevented advisors from having meaningful student interactions, and made it harder to manage classroom space and observe bottlenecks in class scheduling effectively.