The College Pod

JUNE 21, 2025

Unfortunately, I still see too many situations where a student chooses a college based more on preference or peer pressure, and the parents quietly agree to borrow whatever is needed—without fully weighing the long-term impact on their family’s finances. >>RELATED: Why Every Family should Apply for Financial Aid 3.

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The College Pod

MAY 4, 2024

Understanding key terms like "cost of attendance" will allow you to understand how colleges award financial aid. As a result, you might be able to better position yourself to get more financial aid. To be sure, most families do not pay the full COA listed on a college’s website. What is cost of attendance?

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The College Pod

MARCH 7, 2025

It’s that time—college acceptance letters are rolling in. Maybe you got into your dream school, only to be shocked by the financial aid package. Or perhaps that highly selective top 50 college you had your heart set on sent you the dreaded “We regret to inform you…” email. It's not worth the financial stress! >>

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The College Pod

JANUARY 13, 2025

The gateway to financial aid--including grant, scholarships, and loans--is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ) students must complete before they enter college and every year they are in college. Only Borrow What You Need Colleges may offer you more loan money than you actually need.

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College Aid Consulting Services

JANUARY 5, 2024

Navigating Financial Aid at the 20 Most Searched Colleges and Universities. Choosing a college is a significant decision, and understanding the financial aid options available can be just as crucial as selecting a major. Financial aid often includes merit-based scholarships for high-achieving students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. decline in total applications from the previous year’s admissions cycle.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The Colorado Community College System has announced transfer agreements with two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Saint Augustine’s University and Texas Southern University. SAU will also offer scholarships to Bridge to Bachelor’s students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 The program aims to offer academic tutoring and mentorship; high school and college course selection assistance; financial aid application help; guidance on secondary school reentry, alternative education programs, and college entry; and financial literacy education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. 8 – had left applicants frustrated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

So many of his friends are focused on the University of Pennsylvania, the so-called “best” school in our city even though it rejects 95% of applicants. There’s never been a more important time, as the number of universities behaving badly keeps rising, deliberately driving up applications with the goal of simply rejecting them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Community colleges have historically served as an entry point into higher education for underserved populations. However, we have heard from students that there are sometimes significant hurdles to transferring from a community college to a state university while staying on track to graduate. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The California Student Aid Commission, which administers the state’s financial aid program, has found that student parents face housing and food insecurity at a higher rate than non-parenting peers. 61% are first-generation college students. 47% work full-time and 83% enroll part-time or for part of the year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

"This moment presents a unique opportunity to reimagine how we engage with prospective students and enhance their college experiences.” The foundation’s award announcement follows a review of more than 70 applications and using criteria including a commitment to ensuring fair outcomes for Black and brown students, simplicity, and innovation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

While their past transcripts, test scores, and applications indicate something about who they are and how they are doing, the truth is that we won’t know much about their lives without asking better questions. In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Macaulay is a highly selective honors college for students in the CUNY system. Less than 10% of applicants are accepted. Students enroll in one of eight senior CUNY colleges, taking most courses at their home campuses where they have access to the campus honors lounge. There is also an effort to increase equity.

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Community College Review

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Need help with your FAFSA application?Many Many community colleges are offering workshops and other types of assistance to help students get the financial aid necessary to head to college next year.

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College Aid Consulting Services

OCTOBER 12, 2022

FAFSA applications started on October 1, 2022. It’s important for students to submit their applications for financial aid as soon as possible. The sooner you file your FAFSA the better your chances of maximizing your financial aid. Arizona Contact Your Financial Aid Office. After Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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EAB

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Infographic How Application Growth Drives Enrollment in Your State Our research indicates that application growth is essential not just for increasing enrollment but for preventing losses as well. Read the Insight Paper The post How Application Growth Drives Enrollment in Your State appeared first on EAB.

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Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

billion in Pell Grant funds on the table , along with millions of dollars in SNAP benefits, private scholarships and other forms of college financial aid. Despite this fact, nearly half of graduating high school seniors never complete this vital application. In recent years, applications have opened on October 1.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Counselors' Corner

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New Year’s FAFSA Besides debuting when high schools are closed, the late rollout hampers financial aid packages for early applicants, and maybe later ones too. Early programs ED, EA et al enjoy another bumper crop of applicants, with a slight uptick reported in earlies boasting an October 15 deadline.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 3, 2023

These are often referred to as Reach or Dream Colleges to which the student will probably be admitted because their academic record is between 50% and 75% of the applicants admitted in the prior year. In any discussion of financial aid, families should note that it’s critically important that all students submit a FAFSA to the U.S.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2023

In the eyes of many college admissions officials, the “perfect” applicant is a student who has a top GPA, near- perfect scores on the ACT or SAT tests , and whose family is ready and able to pay full tuition. Yes, applicants who meet those criteria will not have any problem getting into the colleges of their choice.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

This post focuses at a micro level on the impact of the failed rollout on individual students participating in the 2024-25 financial aid cycle. One affected applicants with no Social Security Number (SSN) for themselves or a parent. He is the first member of his family to attend college.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2024

This post focuses at a micro level on the impact of the failed rollout on individual students participating in the 2024-25 financial aid cycle. One affected applicants with no Social Security Number (SSN) for themselves or a parent. He is the first member of his family to attend college.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

LEARN MORE Emblematic of this ambiguity was the Court’s simultaneous assertion that, on the one hand, nothing in the opinion “should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” while, on the other, “.universities

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It features a free, frequently-updated database, allowing you to access a range of financial support for your higher education, whether it’s a four-year university, a community college, or a trade school. But CareerOneStop also features more than 8,000 scholarships, grants, fellowships and other financial aid opportunities.

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IEFA

AUGUST 6, 2022

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships for international students can make a significant difference in a student’s ability to afford college, and they are an important source of financial aid. In order to be eligible, applicants must be U.S.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. 20 scholarships for Hispanic and Latino students Eligibility requirements vary for these scholarships, but they usually require you to be enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university and maintain a 3.0

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Most company scholarships are awarded based on academic merit or financial need, and ranging in value from a few hundred dollars to awards that cover full tuition. This includes finding out which companies offer scholarships, their eligibility requirements and when the deadline is to submit your application. Charter Communications.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

EAB’s Tara Zirkel is joined by Pueblo Community College VP of Student Success, Dr. Heather Speed, to examine changes Pueblo made to boost enrollment heading into the fall semester. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College. Transcript. TZ: Great.

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Blackboard Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Anne Valentine, VP of Student Experience and Customer Service, Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana: We knew our processes were inefficient, incongruent across campuses, and not aligned with a flexible campus learning experience. We developed solutions for enrollment, admissions, advising, financial aid, and registration.

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