The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

They need tech help, they need Wi-Fi access at home. The advisors aren’t necessarily the experts in all these areas, but they are the touch point by which the student can access these sources.". They’re the touch point for students to gain access to the resources and supports they need. But in other cases, it’s much more.

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College Aid Services

JUNE 21, 2024

Starting July 1st, Financial Aid offices will receive the NSLDS Incarcerated Student Report: a new annual report that identifies Pell Grant recipients who are incarcerated or confined without a release date.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Having access to accurate, easy-to-interpret data is more important than ever as community colleges need to have a clearer understanding of what practices are working in regard to enrollment, fiscal decisions, course scheduling, and equity, so you can double down on what’s yielding results.

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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.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Using multiple systems for your data creates data silos, which can cause issues such as: Misplaced or otherwise hard-to-access data. What long-term effects could occur from granting financial aid to the same student throughout multiple grades? Exceeding storage capacity. Inconsistencies in information between systems.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

He has said that UC has been looking at ways to expand undocumented students’ access to equitable educational employment experiences, including launching a new fellowship program that provides experiential learning opportunities and financial support to undocumented students.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Speaking at a National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators ( NASFAA ) conference in February, Melanie Storey, Director of the ED’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), said that, in order to assure compliance with the Act, the ED will not be able to launch the FAFSA as usual on October 1 of this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

These new steps include reducing verification requirements, suspending routine school compliance reviews and providing flexibility on renewing participation in the federal student aid programs. Our top priority is to ensure that students can access the maximum financial aid possible to help them pursue their higher education goals.”

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration continues its federal loan system overhaul with the Unified Service and Data Solution (USDS): a new platform where borrowers can manage their repayment process, access their loan information with a simplified log-in process, and FSA can implement “increased oversight” of loan servicers.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Funds are to be drawn only to meet a grantee’s immediate cash needs for each grant. Programs can continue to draw down funds as they usually do. COE recommends that grantees keep their regular business routine the same. Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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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.

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