Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Even when the federal government tries to streamline financial aid, things wind up becoming more complicated. Two of these weeks are likely to fall during winter breaks, during which students who don’t have support at home will lose access to guidance counselors and others who could help them. Dr. Gregory S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

Give advisors access to the resulting data and consider giving it to faculty too. More complete understandings of the humans we seek to support and educate will lead to better outcomes. Then do it again each subsequent term. This promotes a sense of care and will yield information to reveal a fuller picture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Has support declined as more women and people of color gained access to college? Treat the public like the humans that comprise it, acting like educators partnering with students to learn, and we will elicit a more productive response. Definitely. Has the perceived value of higher education diminished as the price went up?

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students. Student Aid. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. Thu, 11/03/2022 - 06:00. Graduation.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 1, 2025

With a commitment to both academic excellence and access for all, this prestigious boarding and day school awarded $11.2 million in financial assistance in 2025 alone. But making financial aid more equitable, efficient, and trustworthy doesnt happen by chance. Ready to Rethink Financial Aid at Your School?

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 5, 2025

On the final day, Shankar Vedantam, host of the Hidden Brain podcast and former NPR social science correspondent, explored the unseen forces shaping human behavior. Sessions on innovative approaches to financial aid and tuition modeling provided administrators with new strategies to make financial aid more accessible and efficient.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 24, 2025

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript At Utah Valley University (UVU), student support doesn’t start and stop with a form or a deadline—it’s sustained through consistent, human connection. It’s about removing unnecessary obstacles and making room for human connection. “We

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 22, 2024

According to recent data from the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), roughly one-quarter of students at private day schools received some amount of financial aid over the course of the 2022-23 school year. Let’s look at how to best prepare for and complete financial aid applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Toward that end, Thompson praises Dr. Dawn Offutt, executive director of access, engagement, and belonging, for creating programming that helps campuses be culturally competent for everybody. Campuses are investing resources into financial aid and emergency support services. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 14, 2025

This exclusive event brought together financial aid directors, heads of schools, admissions and enrollment directors to celebrate a groundbreaking partnership between TaxStatus and School and Student Services (SSS)a collaboration transforming financial aid processing for private K-12 schools across the country.

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IEFA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The unprecedented access to academic resources, business expertise, facilities and knowledge offered by these institutions is hard to find elsewhere. However, distance learning may restrict exposure to expertise and limit access to resources. MBA in financial management This program is designed for the financial industry.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Summer is here, which means financial aid season is just around the corner, and many of you will be opening digital piles of applications in September. Taking a proactive approach to completing your K-12 financial aid prep tasks can help ease some of the burdens. Exceeding storage capacity. Build Your Strategy.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The National Association of Independent Schools found over the course of the 2022-23 school year that 43 percent of students at boarding schools received financial aid , and at day schools that number was 24 percent. Results Interviews with staff covered innovative and ongoing strategies to improve student accessibility.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

From launching the transformative Opportunity Vanderbilt initiative to championing a more human-centered student experience, his insights reflect the urgency and optimism needed to reshape the future of higher ed. With nearly four decades of leadership experience, Dr. Zeppos doesnt just diagnose the problemshes lived them. The message?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Cost and financial aid package. Regardless of your financial situation, its important to compare costs and make a plan to pay for college. Most college majors are divided into basic categories, such as STEM, humanities, social sciences, health, or education.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

Rather than getting lost in inboxes, the messages stood out and sparked real human connection. When students responded, they were quickly directed to the right resource, whether that meant connecting with a counselor, meeting with financial aid, or scheduling time with the registrar.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Release PowerSchool and EAB Partner to Simplify College Admissions and Expand College Access for Millions of Students Users of the Naviance platform will now have easier access to offers of college admission and financial aid via EAB’s Concourse technology September 12, 2023 FOLSOM, CALIF.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

MAAPS demonstrated the value of an accessible, coordinated approach to advising. Do you know of other uses of institutional aid where for a thousand dollars you can change the outcomes from a 30% graduation rate to an 80% graduation rate? Design transformational, accessible, skill-building experiences for students.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And it's really about our humanity. For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. Disruptive Innovation and Higher Ed.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial aid. Johns Hopkins students who receive federal financial aid will not be penalized if the shutdown delays their payments to the university. Students seeking support can access [link] where financial, emotional, and mental resources are all available.

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Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

From the days of old when punch cards held reams of research to the present day when information is stored in data-rich, mobile accessible clouds, the student experience is directly connected to an institution’s technology. Being Human. In higher education, our use of technology has always run in step with the world around us.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 29, 2023

She spoke about the origins of the podcast, the challenges that all higher ed leaders share regardless of institution, the roles of generosity and kindness in leadership, and the necessary qualities of humanity and humility. But the most presidential moments have been people showing their true heart and being the most human.

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Timely MD

MARCH 4, 2024

Post-graduation, I started working in Residence Life and enrolled in the graduate program completing a Masters in Human Services and a certificate in conflict resolution. Success Coaching is critical for student success Supplement campus resources and expand access to help students excel with TimelyCare Student Success Coaching.

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IEFA

AUGUST 3, 2023

Need-based scholarships, on the other hand, are awarded based on your financial need and can be a great way to help fund your college education.Finally, demographic-specific scholarships, such as those tailored to women and minority students, can make college more accessible. They have worked hard to hone and demonstrate their skills.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

So imagine that all your data systems are firing and the right people have access to that data. Chatbots won't replace the human connection. What happens is that we lose students by the thousands, we find out much later, and there's nothing we can do about it. You can use it as an extension of advising.

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The Advisor That Cares

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Answers/scores can launch informative videos, initiate a referral to support services (Careers, Accessibility Resource Center, advising appointments, financial aid/scholarships status updates and direct inquires), targeted outreach, and follow up from stakeholders to explain options and impacts and/or advising/coaching campaign links. .

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

the son of two working students himself) told the Chronicle , “’Nontraditional students don’t get access to the same resources that everyone else does,’ even though they’re usually paying the same tuition.”. Finally, scholarship providers are in a unique position to help students develop peer networks among their fellow recipients.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Baker is an associate professor of education and public policy with a joint appointment in the College of Education & Human Development and the Joseph R. Her research focuses on the way that education policy affects and shapes the access and success of minoritized students in higher education.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Like many community colleges, you face some cross-campus communication issues, maybe had limited access to faculty during the summer and were attempted to generate more buy-in. We're an HSI, 76% of our student body is part-time, 33% are Hispanic, 57% are female, 83% are on financial aid, 59% are first gen.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

She spoke about the origins of the podcast, the challenges that all higher ed leaders share regardless of institution, the roles of generosity and kindness in leadership, and the necessary qualities of humanity and humility. But the most presidential moments have been people showing their true heart and being the most human.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 9, 2024

Scaling Innovation in Higher Ed At the UIA, we’ve noticed that the biggest advocates for scaling any innovation work in the for-profit space with access to more resources. For nonprofits, the fear of running out of money can limit the innovation that ultimately happens. It also becomes a podcast episode.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Leading Through Inclusion and Accountability While President Takeda-Tinker has seen all kinds of leadership throughout her career, she focuses on positive examples: “Leadership is about human connectedness. Facing the realities of our own human limitations is part of that work.” If people aren't following you, you're not leading.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 4, 2023

via Stephen Wolfram Writings, 2/124/23) Bios of Guest and Co-Hosts Guest: Drew Magliozzi , CEO, Mainstay Andrew Magliozzi is a social entrepreneur, educator, and web developer, aspiring to help people learn and live better lives with the help of technology and human instruction.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Our humanity is what connects us, not what we've achieved. For the past decade, she has advised university presidents, system chancellors, and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs, and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. And that is the ultimate gift.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 25, 2023

You're the human on my team who's leading this bunch of folks who are going to help us learn how to operate on the frontier.' "The biggest killer of innovation initiatives is when the university president or CEO or business unit leader charters a person or a group and says, 'You are my discovery group.

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