Scholarship America

JUNE 1, 2023

Those students’ high school careers were thrown into disarray by the COVID pandemic. The investment is worth it— if students graduate. The caveat to that value, of course, is that students who start college, accrue debt, and leave before graduating can end up worse off than if they’d never gone at all.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

The grant will fund research to develop an evidence-based theoretical model for sustainable, equitable career pathways within colleges and universities that house TRIO programs, specifically Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), Student Support Services (SSS), and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 26, 2024

News rankings are relied upon by many students and parents in their search for the right college. Aspiring college students often find the rank of a college’s value to be helpful. Nevertheless, students and parents are advised to use rankings as only one of many sources of information. New & World Report (U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The omnibus offers additional funding for a variety of programs that help students who have the toughest roads to completion. The bill includes $45 million—a 700% increase—for the Postsecondary Student Success Program, which offers grants, tutoring, and other wraparound services for students who have started, but not finished, a credential.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Without accurate information, many students apply ( or even commit ) to a college or university without complete information on how much it will cost them to attend. The grant guarantees up to $2,000 a year for four years, but also provides a one-time $7,300 subsidy for housing costs for only the student’s first year.

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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.,

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COE

JANUARY 17, 2023

And as we continued to extract the possible from the impossible, this year taught us that our students can change the world. Read how COE worked to advance college access and success for first-generation and low-income students and students with disabilities and serve TRIO programs nationwide in 2022.

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Scholarship America

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens for applications on October 1, the application for the 2024-25 school year has been delayed until sometime in December—a delay that could have ripple effects on students, families and scholarship programs. Increase the number of students receiving Pell Grants.

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COE

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Eighteen TRIO McNair and Student Support Services students and two group leaders from across the country immersed themselves socially and culturally in the Netherlands, met student leaders representing immigrant communities, and studied at The Hague Summer School.

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COE

MAY 10, 2023

One student participating in the discussion asked if Viola consulted with her sisters on the memoir. COE hosts the Opportunity Matters Book Club for first-generation and low-income students, allowing them to discuss literary works that raise issues related to opportunity and equity. Our commitment was to the whole.

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COE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

How TRIO Upward Bound Helps Me Navigate a Path to Success Affordable Connectivity and My Journey as the First College-Goer in My Family Encouraging Dialogue Between TRIO Students and Law Enforcement Open the Link to FAFSA Success: Your Journey Begins Now!

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

Hamm These outstanding alumni of the Federal TRIO programs have demonstrated exemplary leadership, dedication, and commitment to advancing educational opportunities and breaking barriers for underprivileged students. WASHINGTON, D.C. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, Veterans Upward Bound, and Educational Opportunity Centers.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Hamm Senate Bill 1397 , the Educational Opportunity and Success Act, would institute commonsense reforms to make it easier for educational institutions to reach students who would benefit from these programs. I have long supported the TRIO programs and worked to ensure they reach the most needed students. WASHINGTON, D.C.—

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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.

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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. There are no fixed annual or aggregate limits for these loans. The interest rate on Parent PLUS loans is currently 7.54%. But about 3.6

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Education Department (ED) is no longer accepting applications for its student debt forgiveness plan (the Plan) after a Texas judge halted its rollout in a November 10th ruling. Studentaid.gov, the ED’s website for student aid programs, announced the following : “Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program.

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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. Smith University — an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in North Carolina — concurs that student debt and loan forgiveness will be big stories.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Students and, for those who are dependents, their parents, fill it out and submit it to the ED. 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.

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