Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

The current administration has promised more aggressive measures against campus antisemitism, opening new investigations and taking action against foreign students connected to pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Grant

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

Adriana Villavicencio When Mai Tran began searching for a kindergarten for her daughter in a large urban school district, she found herself gravitating toward schools with substantial Asian American student populations. Schools with more Asian students often have higher test scores and more rigorous programs.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2025

A bipartisan House bill introduced last Thursday aims to reshape college athletics by limiting how universities can fund sports programs while offering the NCAA limited antitrust protections—changes that could significantly affect institutional priorities and student access. The financial pressures extend beyond student fees.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

billion enterprise, oversaw the activation of more than $500 million in capital projects, and launched an Office of Equal Opportunity, Compliance and Conflict Management. At Georgia Tech, she managed a $3.1

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2025

This is not a critique of sports journalism or of basic compliance studies, but rather a lament that the rich intellectual soil of athletics has too often been left fallow by scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as if to study it seriously would be to debase the sanctity of higher learning itself. It has never been.

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are 31 different BMI programs, but each has the same overall goals: increase the enrollment and matriculation, retention, GPA, and graduation rate of underrepresented students. As a student, [the program] did help. There is institutional commitment to looking at financial support for students unable to pay tuition.

Success

College Aid Services

AUGUST 6, 2025

College costs are one of the biggest factors in students’ decisions—80% of families say so. Join us to learn how Financial Aid teams are using Net Price Calculators and cost transparency strategies to improve affordability discussions, support compliance, and drive enrollment.

Compliance

College Aid Services

DECEMBER 23, 2024

FSA has provided guidance for institutions on obtaining written consent from their students to share FAFSA data with a third party in compliance with FERPA regulations.

FAFSA

College Aid Services

MARCH 27, 2025

Department of Educations Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) has reopened the online income-driven repayment (IDR) plan and loan consolidation applications, providing a new pathway for eligible borrowers following a significant legal challenge.

Application

IEFA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

If youre an international student wondering how to navigate the U.S. student visa process for international students, this guide is here to help. Understanding the F-1 Visa The F-1 visa is the cornerstone for international students aspiring to pursue their studies in the United States. colleges and universities.

International student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 7, 2025

As head of the budget and planning team, she is responsible for compliance and fiscal integrity while managing the comprehensive budget and reporting process. I wanted to help assist with the educational access for students as well as equity for those students. NC A&T has a lot of fi rst-generation college students.

Compliance

Student Privacy Compass

JULY 23, 2024

These efforts are often led by parent organizations, athletic boosters, student groups, or the school itself. Traditionally, fundraisers were dominated by product sales – cookie dough, candy bars, and kitchenware – often involving students soliciting support door-to-door or from family and friends.

Compliance

Student Privacy Compass

APRIL 29, 2025

More than two years into the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 schools, many state departments of education are issuing guidance or policies for responsible school and student use of AI. A helpful map from AI for Education shows that half of U.S.

Education

School & Student Services by Community Brands

APRIL 9, 2025

In todays global education landscape, independent and private K12 schools are welcoming more international students than ever before. These students bring cultural diversity, academic excellence, and a broader worldview to the classroombut they also bring unique challenges when it comes to financial aid processing.

International student

School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 5, 2025

Designate someone on your team to review aid materials each year for legal compliance and messaging accuracy.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

Our students and faculty members across the nation are terrified," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel. "If At the heart of the case is whether the federal government can legally condition billions in funding on compliance with policy demands that appear to target specific viewpoints and academic content. Nikolas Bowie, Louis D.

Administration

Civitas Learning

JUNE 12, 2025

Targeted outreach, such as messaging students who’ve started but not completed registration, is far more effective. The 2024 analysis in our 2025 Student Success Impact Report found that institutions are not only increasing outreach—they’re measuring its impact. PP (percentage point) lift in persistence.

Advising

School & Student Services by Community Brands

JUNE 17, 2025

For private and independent K–12 schools, where student records, family financial data, and tax documents converge on digital platforms, IT Directors are increasingly the guardians of both compliance and confidence. The SSS platform doesn’t just meet compliance—it facilitates it. News of the breach spreads among parents.

Access

College Aid Services

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

FSA has released the 2025-26 College Financing Plan (CFP) to continue helping prospective students understand and compare their financial aid packages at participating institutions. The standardized form is updated annually to reflect the latest requirements and is available on the Office of Postsecondary Education’s website.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2025

trillionfederal student loan portfoliofrom the U.S. Beyond the headlines, the proposal represents a deliberate dismantling of the federal student aid infrastructure that has long supported students needing help to pay for college. The Federal Student Aid (FSA) office is not just a loan servicer.

Student loans

Symplicity

JULY 11, 2025

Conference accessibility isn't just about compliance—it's about all of us working to create inclusive spaces where all attendees can fully participate, learn, and connect together. Let's accommodate our fellow professionals like we do students. Here's to a productive and fun AHEAD25!

Access

Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Ensuring that students eventually graduate isnt enough to drive sustainable institutions. Higher Education must also prepare and develop students to reach their goals. A students journeyand how prepared they feel for life after collegedirectly impacts long-term success.

Retention

College Aid Services

JUNE 6, 2025

FSA has published Volume 8 of the 2025-2026 Federal Student Aid Handbook. 2025-2026 Federal Student Aid Handbook Volume 8: The Direct Loan Program – This volume discusses the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan Program) and describes how the U.S.

Students

College Aid Services

JUNE 9, 2025

The Department of Education has announced significant measures to combat identity fraud in federal student aid programs, including those particularly targeting the Pell Grant program which has been susceptible to sophisticated fraud schemes.

FAFSA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2025

The most recent example is the University of Cincinnati, which for months has been the scene of protests from students and faculty against the implementation of Senate Bill 1. Why should a future student give tuition dollars to a school that may not provide protections for free speech?

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

The letter demanded a comprehensive restructuring of Harvards governance, hiring, admissions, and student life. It demanded academic departments be ideologically reshaped, student organizations dismantled, and faculty policed for anything considered activism. The fantasy here is not just that racism has disappeared.

Literacy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They vigorously opposed any efforts to impose federal mandates on what students should learn, citing the U.S. The great irony in the EO is that it is titled Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Education while including a whole section about the need to indoctrinate students in the loosely articulated framework of patriotic education.

Compliance

College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Limited in ways to grow revenue such as offering new programs or recruiting more foreign students while approaching a “demographic cliff” in the population of college-age people, all but the most elite colleges need to cut costs and lower tuition to remain viable. Meanwhile, the number of full-time faculty increased by only 92%.

Administration

School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

million K-12 students enrolled in private institutions as of fall 2021. Private and independent K12 schools work to strategically allocate financial aid to maintain enrollment, foster diversity, and support students who need assistance the most. Demographic Trends How has the financial aid program influenced student diversity?

Financial aid

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. Student debt issues loom, and problems due to the rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA linger. In tandem, many non-profit and for-profit partners are doing the same thing.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As the sector awaits federal guidance set by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education, questions are swirling regarding how institutions of higher education approach student access, support, and belonging. Over 69% of our students identify as students of color, and over 55% are first-generation college students.

Higher education

School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

More families exploring financial aid means more students considering private education, which can help grow and diversify your schools community. Compliance and Documentation: Schools must keep accurate records to ensure they comply with financial aid policies and audits.

Financial aid

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

The administration defended the move as necessary to ensure compliance with Trump's executive orders on transgender rights, environmental justice, and diversity initiatives.

Grant

HEAG

JUNE 2, 2025

HEAG Expands Consulting Services to Include Student Account Services Support The Higher Education Assistance Group (HEAG), a trusted leader in financial aid and compliance consulting, is proud to announce the official launch of its newStudent Account andBursar Servicesoffering.

Compliance

School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 11, 2025

A well-structured financial aid program attracts and retains mission-driven students and families while maintaining a balance between affordability and tuition revenue. Ensure compliance with state regulations regarding financial assistance. Incorporate new funding sources into financial aid planning.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania is facing significant financial implications as the federal government halts $175 million in funding over policies regarding transgender student-athletes, raising concerns about academic freedom and institutional autonomy in higher education.

Administration