Believe in Students

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I paid for college at my dream school (a small liberal arts college) through student loans, financial aid grants, a tiny amount from family, work-study jobs, and a scholarship or two, desperately patched together to make everything add up so I could afford to keep going to school year after year. I didn’t know of one.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The digital comfort of Gen P underscores the importance of institutions being well-prepared to provide digital solutions and personalized tech-enabled experiences across the entire student lifecycle, including enrollment, social activities, and career preparation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Although the news cycle has been dominated by the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and its fate at the U.S. With IDR plans, student loan recipients’ monthly payments are based on their incomes, instead of being set at a fixed amount.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The generational makeup of college faculty, staff, and administrators is changing as Boomers move into retirement and tech-friendly Gen X fills out the senior cabinet.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The generational makeup of college faculty, staff, and administrators is changing as Boomers move into retirement and tech-friendly Gen X fills out the senior cabinet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Just ahead of the return of student loans, borrowers can now apply for the Biden administration’s new plan to reduce monthly payments, the Department of Education (ED) announced Tuesday. The Saving on a Valuable Education plan (SAVE) is being touted by the administration as “the most affordable repayment plan in history.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. He is currently expanding that line of inquiry by exploring inclusive philanthropy and fundraising at four-year colleges and universities.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. Tennessee’s position, said Kofoed, was likely a result of its Tennessee Promise program, which offers free community college but requires filling out the FAFSA. This year’s $3.58 billion unclaimed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Foxx is a former college administrator and had previously introduced several pieces of higher ed legislation, including a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 2017. Instead, Hartle thought, the focus would be on conducting hard-nosed investigative hearings in an attempt to embarrass the Biden administration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Perhaps the most significant public policy moment for colleges and universities this year was the failure of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation, after the administration and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin could not at arrive at a deal. million borrowers.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

JANUARY 27, 2025

Department of Education announced that federal student loan borrowers can now, for the first time, see how many months of progress they have toward having any remaining balance on their loans cancelled through the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans. On January 16, 2025, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He also says he believes Biden will bring up the student loan forgiveness program, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, to indicate that his administration will not give up on relief for student borrowers. “It Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, by email.

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JUNE 9, 2022

How bad is the student loan debt crisis? trillion in outstanding student loan debt! How does it affect student loan borrowers? And what other student loan debt statistics and facts should you know in 2022? Who is borrowing the most student loans to pay for college.

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COE

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Division of Student Assistance (ODSA) will mark National TRIO Day on Wednesday, February 22, with a morning event at the state Capitol and a college fair at Oklahoma City Community College in the afternoon.

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COE

JANUARY 4, 2023

Shelly Siegel , director of TRIO programs at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota , understands the hesitation on the part of staff members. Click to view the page: The Biden Administration Announces Plan to Forgive Up to $20,000 of Federal Student Loan Debt. Increase for TRIO for FY 2023.

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College Planners of America

JULY 10, 2023

President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, as announced last August, was set to cancel $10,000 in Federal student debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income per year. Pell Grant recipients would have gotten an additional $10,000 of debt forgiven. Roberts Jr.,

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COE

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The First-Generation College Celebration is celebrated each year on November 8 as it marks the anniversary of signing of the 1965 Higher Education Act , which has helped millions of first-generation students persist to degree completion. Moderated by Dr. Tracy D.

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COE

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Louisiana The Louisiana Association of Students Assistance Programs (LASAP) annually hosts TRIO Day with the Pelicans. Hamm Click to view the page: How to Cover the Cost of Policy Seminar Blog How to Cover the Cost of Policy Seminar by Maura Casey Click to view the page: Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

million federal student loan borrowers. Vice President Kamala Harris “President Biden and I know that far too many people in our nation are struggling with student loan debt,” said Vice President Kamala Harris. The launch seeks to help increase enrollment heading into summer 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2025

Rowena Tomaneng At a time when the Trump administration is dismantling the Education Department, the overwhelming majority of Asian American and Pacific Islander adults believe earning a college degree is integral to quality of life, a new national survey shows. adults a year ago, according to the survey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. He explained that many campus administrators are self-imposing various versions of DEI rollbacks even when not legislatively mandated. The re-election of President Donald J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

In a significant policy shift affecting higher education in Virginia, the state's 23 community colleges must now ensure all programs and practices comply with new federal regulations that effectively terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across these institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, colleges and universities have tried to bring students back to campus and provide fresh inspiration. Biden Administration U.S.

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COE

MAY 2, 2025

This proposal is a direct attack on students who dare to dream of college in the face of adversity, said Kimberly Jones , President of the Council for Opportunity in Education. The Trump Administration’s budget proposal claims that access to college is not the obstacle it was for students of limited means.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Student debt relief dashed The Biden-Harris administration’s plans to forgive thousands of dollars in student loan debt for individuals fell through this year in a partisan 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, which deemed the plans unconstitutional. That authority kicks in only under exceptional conditions,” Kagan wrote.

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