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Updates to Decades-Old New Federal Standards for Race, Ethnicity Data Will Change How Students are Counted

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Higher education leaders, institutions, and systems need data that are accurate, accessible, and disaggregated by race and ethnicity in ways that reflect the increasing diversity of today’s students. Full compliance across all data collections and publications is required by March 2029.

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House Bill Would Overhaul Federal Student Aid

College Planners of America

Subtitle D – Pell Grants The Pell Grant program, which provides aid to low- and moderate-income households, will see changes limiting access for part-time students. Members of the Class of 2029 have, by now, chosen a college from among those that admitted them and have committed to enroll in that school in the fall.

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Omnibus Bill Offers Financial Boosts, Compromises

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One such compromise involved the Pell Grant, which President Biden had proposed increasing by over $2,000, part of a plan to double the maximum award by 2029. billion, and Child Care Access Means Parents in School, which subsidizes childcare for low-income students, got $10 million more, up to $75 million.