Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Before this change, students had to pass remedial courses before taking college-level courses. 78% of CUNY’s new associate-degree students were assigned to traditional remedial classes in at least one subject – most commonly math – and most assigned had low course completion, retention, and graduation rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Yet less than 12% of resident 18-to-24-year-old students enrolled in our public universities are Hispanic. We see similar enrollment gaps for African American students, rural students, and low-income students. About 60% of our state university students graduate within six years.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JANUARY 9, 2024

Though both first-dollar and last dollar programs help cover tuition, students’ other expenses including basic needs like housing, food, and transportation can often end up being more than the cost of tuition itself.

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NACAC's Admitted

OCTOBER 10, 2023

However, the rising costs of college are increasingly out of reach for many students. Financial aid discussions have centered on simplifying FAFSA and increasing federal Pell Grants – all important – but federal student aid policies are only one funding source for families trying to determine how to pay for college.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 5, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. They then can send Award Letters to admittees with all pertinent financial aid information.

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

Increase available time that students, parents, school counselors, and advisors can spend on other important aspects of postsecondary planning and enrollment. The impact of the delay on institutional aid (i.e. For students, parents and scholarship providers alike, the world of higher ed and financial aid policy can be confusing.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News integrates academic quality after calculating actual cost less financial aid. Of the 2022-23 full-time undergraduates who received need-based aid, the percentage of them who received a grant or scholarship, which is aid that doesn’t need to be repaid. Academic quality (overall score in the U.S. Weight = 20% 4.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Gerardo de los Santos noted that when his father was vice chancellor at the Maricopa Community College system, he made it a point that the schools had access to foundations and funders supportive of first-generation and low-income students, building pathways in higher education. “It

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 31, 2024

Failure to account for inflation will cause students to be awarded less Federal aid than the amount to which they are entitled. This would collectively cost students up to $1.8 billion in Federal student aid. Without FAFSA data, colleges can’t prepare financial aid packages for admitted students.

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NACAC's Admitted

MAY 5, 2022

iStock Students who go through the enrollment pipeline process, financial aid, and other related procedures will sometimes be faced with “holds,” specifically, administrative process holds. But one type of hold in particular is gaining attention for the potential negative implications it has on students.

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NACAC's Admitted

MAY 5, 2022

Students who go through the enrollment pipeline process, financial aid, and other related procedures will sometimes be faced with “holds,” specifically, administrative process holds. But one type of hold in particular is gaining attention for the potential negative implications it has on students.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Factors Contributing to Move-In Melt Based on our last year’s data, we saw move-in melt primarily happening in two student groups: international students and students without financial aid packages where the enrollment team believes they may be eligible for need-based aid.

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COE

APRIL 16, 2024

We aim to demystify the graduate school application process, particularly for first-generation black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC, nontraditional, and low-income students who often lack access to essential resources. Plan, seek financial aid options and ensure a good fit with prospective programs.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. million) to low-income students facing modest financial hurdles to degree completion as they neared graduation. In spring 2021, the UIA concluded its four-year completion grant initiative after providing more than 5,000 microgrants (valued at $3.6

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Student Research Foundation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Are you a high school student, a parent, a teacher, or a college counselor? Remember, it is never too early to start researching sources of financial aid. First, speak to the financial aid officers at the colleges you are considering. Take notes and follow their advice and instructions. college or university.

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Student Research Foundation

JANUARY 26, 2023

Students Who Lack the Financial Resources to Attend College at All It’s a “brave new world” of opportunity out there for students who need financial aid. It is awarded by the U.S.

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IEFA

OCTOBER 23, 2023

When exploring scholarships, remember to consider those specifically designed for: Female students. Low-income students. In addition to scholarships, there are alternative financial aid options available for computer science students, such as grants, loans and work-study programs. Minority groups.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most notably, it must be clear that each institution has an environment in which Latino students can thrive. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. There is also a family resource center that supports undocumented students.

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COE

MAY 10, 2024

The 2024 Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States report reveals alarming trends indicating increasing inequity of opportunity in higher education, particularly for low-income students. “The alarms are sounding for the U.S., Its membership includes more than 1,000 colleges and agencies.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Federal Direct PLUS Loans, commonly referred to as a Parent PLUS loans, are available to parents of dependent undergraduate students to pay for their child’s college education. The amount that a parent can borrow is the cost of attendance minus other financial aid received. PLUS Loans in Context.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Award Letters are usually sent out in late March or early April, giving students adequate time prior to college enrollment deadlines to choose which school to attend from among those that admitted them. A student’s choice of a college often depends heavily on the amount of financial aid that he or she will receive.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

This will adversely affect the college plans of students planning to apply in the 2023-24 admissions cycle as well as students who need to re-apply for Federal aid each year. The delay of the 2023 FAFSA launch from October 1 to December worries advocates of greater access to college for low-income students.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget March 10, 2023 — by Kimberly Jones The proposed increase will help put many first-generation, low-income students on the path to college access, success, and the American Dream. It is said that a budget reflects one’s values.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The program – founded in 2008 as part of Breakthrough’s larger support model – works to support students as they face the encounters and challenges of postsecondary education, offering resources such as academic advising, tutoring, emergency student support funds, legal aids, and tax services, according to CCST Director Dr. Arelis Palacios.

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Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As covered in Inside Higher Ed : “One particularly troubling enrollment trend exacerbated by the pandemic … is the decline of underrepresented groups—specifically Black, first-generation and low-income students. In short, money is important—but making sure students know there’s money is equally important. [The

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Children’s Literacy Initiative: The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) helps to ensure that low-income students are able to read at or above their grade level. Many schools choose to use fundraising money to award additional financial aid. Operation Backpack operates in several states and cities.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

. ### The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is a nonprofit organization established in 1981, dedicated to expanding college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Currently serving over 880,000 students in every state and many territories, the Federal TRIO Programs were first enacted in the Higher Education Act of 1965. The seven student programs play a critical role in the postsecondary education system by supporting other federal investments, like Pell Grants and other federal financial aid.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One of the plaintiffs falls under the income threshold and is eligible to have $10,000 forgiven from his $35,000 in student debt. Yet because he never received a Pell Grant, a form of Federal aid for low-income students, he does not qualify for the additional $10,000 in forgiveness for Pell recipients.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Co-Host: Doug Lederman , Editor and Co-Founder, Inside Higher Ed Doug Lederman is editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

The roots of these equity gaps in many places fall at the feet of the colleges and institutions themselves, the way we admit students, the way we advise them, the way we register them for classes, the way we package them for financial aid.". How to Improve Student Outcomes. Sharing the Model. but across the globe.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This stops students from knowing whether the institution, state, or federal government would be awarding the aid. Students might be left wondering whether the estimate already includes valuable federal aid like Pell Grants. The Net Price Calculator Improvement Act (H.R. 889) aims to address some of these issues.

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EAB

APRIL 18, 2023

And as any good strategist would tell you, it’s not too early to think about how these changes will impact your prospective students and subsequently, your communication and financial aid strategy. Plan training for admission and aid staff around specific questions that may come up during the recruitment cycle.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

What types of students dropped out? In many institutions, it's a low-income student. What happens is that we lose students by the thousands, we find out much later, and there's nothing we can do about it. Synthesize the last 20 years of data. That's what predictive analytics do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

“Unfortunately, in the last several years, colleges and universities and financial aid offices have gotten used to a political game of chicken in Washington, D.C., Colleges are hoping that a potential default would be short and have a limited effect on students, given that aid is mostly distributed in the fall or winter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Flores’ current research includes a financial aid experiment that practices culturally attentive dissemination practices for financial aid scholarships. Bonner will also continue to edit the biannual Journal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and Leadership , published by Penn State University Press.

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