School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 9, 2025

Schools that serve international families benefit greatly from using a financial aid solution designed with accessibility and flexibility in mind. taxes, systems like SSS offer thoughtful tax flexibility by allowing them to bypass irrelevant sections of the application, reducing confusion and making the experience more inclusive.

International student 52

International student Financial aid Financial aid officer Application 52

Student Privacy Compass

APRIL 29, 2025

Data Security: about 21 states list data security concerns as a focus, with some calling for AI systems to adhere to security best practices, including encryption, authentication, and authorization to prevent unauthorized access.

Education 52

Education Retention Compliance Instruction 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Read on to learn about Germanna’s approach to making education more accessible to all types of learners—and how it’s helped them boost enrollment. To create a seamless, inclusive experience, Germanna introduced the concept of admissions coaches. What is a "one front door" approach to onboarding?

Community college 52

Community college Students Advising Inclusion 52

EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. Blogs Are you meeting students’ basic needs? And even if I had known, I would have been too intimidated to seek them out.

Students 52

Students Community college Collaboration Retention 52

EAB

MAY 25, 2023

The Edify dashboard has broadened access to the dean’s offices, chairs, and—most excitingly from my perspective—to any interested faculty member. infographic: metrics for adaptive course planning 4 tips from Dr. Slimak #1: Be inclusive in defining and choosing metrics.

Literacy 52

Literacy Faculty Communication Compliance 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The lawsuit specifically challenges the orders' lack of clear definitions for terms such as "DEI," "equity," and "illegal DEIA," arguing that this vagueness makes compliance virtually impossible for institutions while potentially exposing them to significant federal enforcement actions.

Compliance 361

Compliance Higher education Inclusion Faculty 361

EAB

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Particular areas of focus for Art include: student access, diversity, inclusion, expression, and success; faculty diversity, inclusion, and expression; and institutional accountability and accreditation. And I think that's about as apt a description as any I've seen.

Financial aid 64

Financial aid Scholarship Application Higher education 64

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

We have been in the past, and remain today, in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions." The case highlights the complex intersection of educational access, civil rights, competitive fairness, and institutional governance.

Administration 218

Administration Administration Compliance Higher education 218

COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I am aware that the provision of any false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me, and the organization on behalf of which this submission is being made, to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims, or other violations.

Student loans 105

Student loans Leadership Administration Administration 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ohio State University announced Thursday it will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and modify scholarship programs geared toward diverse student populations, citing pressure from federal directives and pending state legislation. The university confirmed that 16 positions will be eliminated as a result of these changes.

Inclusion 278

Inclusion University Scholarship Compliance 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

It also targets diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, which the Department claims have contributed to widespread censorship and a repressive viewpoint monoculture on campuses. The directive, which builds on last year's Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v.

Compliance 317

Compliance Education Scholarship Equity 317

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. It sets a precedent that federal funding can be tied not to legal compliance but to ideological conformity.

Compliance 265

Compliance Literacy Equity Curriculum 265

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 14, 2025

And theDepartment of Justices Office for Access to Justiceis once again under scrutiny. The goal isnt compliance. A blueprint for a more just and inclusive democracy. In California, equity offices are quietly being scaled back. TheDepartment of Educations Office for Civil Rightsfaces funding threats and potential closure.

Equity 279

Equity Compliance Mental health Curriculum 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Trump declared the countrys end to radical and wasteful government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and Dr. Mordecai Brownlee preferencing through executive order. On January 20, 2025, President Donald J.

Higher education 294

Higher education Equity Education Compliance 294

COE

JANUARY 28, 2025

As agencies are directed to provide a report to OMB by Monday, February 10 indicating whether federal grant programs are in compliance with recently issued Executive Orders, grantees may wish to draw down funds to allow for operations at least through that date.

Administration 96

Administration Administration Student loans Leadership 96