BestColleges

JANUARY 23, 2023

The multi-year grants are part of the Community College Campus Hunger Program and funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. An estimated 600 students will be served by the grant funding annually. An estimated 600 students will be served by the grant funding annually.

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Great College Advice

JUNE 22, 2023

Need Blind Admission Policies and “Enrollment Management” Generally, the Admissions and Financial Aid offices are operated separately, but usually the two are overseen by a Dean or Vice-President of “Enrollment Management,” or some such title. Both offices have the responsibility to keep the dollars flowing in.

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Admissions.Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Students with significant financial need may receive need-based aid in the form of grants, scholarships, work-study programs, and subsidized loans. Grants and scholarships do not need to be repaid, making them a form of “gift aid.” It aims to make higher education accessible to those with limited means.

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Ruffaloni

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the last few months, direct admissions programs at Niche, the College Board, and even state-run higher education programs have received renewed media attention. Supporters of direct admissions believe that participation in direct admission programs help more students see that a college education isn’t out of reach.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 24, 2024

State and institutional deadlines for financial aid applications are fast approaching, so without a fix, these students could lose out on grants to help fund their college education. We are all — especially the students and families — waiting for the Department [of Education] to resolve this issue.

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Top Tier Admissions

MAY 10, 2024

“It was a year of multiple changes, and we were motivated to build on the success we had last year in attracting and admitting a higher percentage of students eligible for Pell grants.” The new grants took effect in the Fall 2023 semester and also benefited all eligible current students.

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BestColleges

APRIL 9, 2024

The Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership's (AYCGL) Higher Education in Prisons Program began in 2020 and has served over 180 incarcerated students. According to the Prison Policy Initiative , Georgia has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world — with 968 per 100,000 residents incarcerated.

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BestColleges

MARCH 3, 2023

The report calls for universities to have funds transparency, a more rigorous university conflict-of-interest gift policy, and a ban on all fossil fuel funding. The report cited an analysis by UnKoch My Campus , which shows that contracts may even grant donors the right to review, edit, or censor research before publication.

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BestColleges

JUNE 27, 2023

Colleges largely met a "minimum economic threshold" for students, according to a new Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) report, meaning students made as much as high school graduates, plus enough to recoup their investment within 10 years. More than 2,400 institutions enrolling 18.3 million students met the threshold.

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BestColleges

APRIL 4, 2024

But the higher education landscape has changed since then thanks to the U.S. Derek Slap, who co-chairs the Connecticut Legislature's Higher Education Committee, told the Yale Daily News , the student newspaper. Can a state government dictate admissions policies at private universities?

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Southern New Hampshire University students who received basic needs assistance from the school saw higher retention rates. SNHU distributed a total of $107 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund grants to 51,257 qualifying learners to help with basic needs during the pandemic.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 16, 2024

Undocumented students are not eligible for federal financial aid, including Pell Grants. With the CADAA, undocumented students in California can qualify for state financial aid including the Cal Grant, Middle-Class Scholarship, and the California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant. The application change may seem insignificant.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2024

Rural colleges and universities are key points of access to higher education in their communities — and new research shows that attending a rural-serving institution tends to pay off. higher education landscape. RSIs also tend to enroll more federal Pell Grant recipients than non-RSIs.

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BestColleges

APRIL 19, 2023

Carnegie Classification comprises nearly 4,000 institutions — and includes both longstanding degree-granting and research categories as well as elective categories. At the top of the Carnegie Classification's longstanding basic classification framework are "R1" doctorate-granting universities with "very high research activity."

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College Essay Guy

MARCH 21, 2024

However, grants tend to be need-based. Availability of grants may also vary depending on the field of study and the institution. You’ll need to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine your eligibility for grants. For now, start looking into the following types of grants.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 19, 2024

Stryker has been a Spelman College trustee since 1977 and has worked to empower women through higher education and create opportunities for historically excluded groups. We can't thank Ronda Stryker enough for her selflessness and support as both a trustee and friend. There's no doubt that Spelman College is better because of her."

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

.” The plan would offer debt relief to borrowers with an 80% chance or higher to default on their loans soon. Higher education stakeholders agreed to greenlight the proposal despite some points of disagreement. It also promises to create an application process for ongoing debt forgiveness.

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BestColleges

MARCH 6, 2024

The bill would prevent private colleges and universities from receiving state funding via the Cal Grant program if they practice legacy admissions. Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, introduced the legislation, which would remove state funding through the Cal Grant program to schools practicing legacy admissions.

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Berkeley² Academy

JUNE 23, 2023

Admissions officers review IB scores to assess a student's academic preparation, intellectual curiosity, and potential to succeed in higher education. Choosing requires thoughtful consideration and an understanding of the institution's policies.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education institutions have intricate structures that are inherently difficult to change, and having a framework in place empowers these large institutions to effectively steer through complexities, embrace innovation, and align with shifting educational demands. The results were nothing short of remarkable.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This is the fourth installment in "Fostering College Success," a BestColleges News special report exploring the unique challenges students with experience in foster care face while pursuing higher education. Those with experience in foster care told BestColleges that higher education illuminates this privilege starkly.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The College Cost Transparency Initiative's standards include both total cost of attendance and an estimated net price for students after grants and scholarships. The College Cost Transparency Initiative, a task force composed of a broad coalition of higher education associations, announced Sept.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Brown University is rethinking its admissions policies, including early decision. Public pressure might cause universities to abandon early decision and similar policies. Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action, Brown University is rethinking its admissions policies. In the wake of the U.S. In the wake of the U.S.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 24, 2023

For many traditionally underserved students, community colleges are vital points of access to higher education. In higher education, we talk a lot about last-mile funding. While that legislation didn't make it across the finish line, other federal grants to increase transit access are moving forward.

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BestColleges

MARCH 13, 2024

A bill analysis from the Committee on Higher Education estimated that more than 750,000 low-income students owe more than $390 million in debt to California public colleges. A 2023 report from research group Ithaka S+R estimates that 6.6 million students owe $15 billion in unpaid balances to their institutions.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

What interdisciplinary programs need are: Qualified faculty Customized cross-department/cross-college curricula A forum for decision-making about curriculum Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship? Learn more about the program and future cohorts.

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BestColleges

MAY 12, 2023

Experts told members of the House Education and the Workforce's Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development that U.S. Better data collection and short-term Pell Grants could also be part of solving the skills gap, experts said. SJ professor of public policy at Georgetown University, said U.S.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. It is not a racist policy. What is legacy admissions? We might also want to keep some perspective. But it ain’t what it used to be.

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BestColleges

JULY 20, 2023

It also implies diversity among leadership in other sectors — business, law, medicine, education — is somehow unimportant, that a dearth of minority leaders in those fields matters less as a symbolic and practical matter. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.)

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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BestColleges

JUNE 15, 2023

Incarcerated students are set to regain access to Pell Grants for the first time in almost 30 years, starting in July. Prison education should be the "foundation" of planning for reentry, according to a new report by the New England Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Prison.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Living the dream in California can come at a cost, but you can still get an affordable education in the Golden State. California, which has the fourth-highest cost of living in the country, offers the most diverse higher education system. The state boasts more than 300 four-year public and private colleges.

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BestColleges

MAY 12, 2023

Jimmy Gomez, D-California, who is among the House sponsors of the bill, said the legislation would make higher education more accessible. For so many, higher education is unattainable not just because of sky-rocketing tuition costs but also because of the lack of food security. "For

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BestColleges

AUGUST 25, 2023

DHS first granted SSR to Ukrainians in the U.S. Jill Welch, senior policy advisor at The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, previously told BestColleges that these exceptions are in place to make it easier for international students to afford to remain in college. SSR is a benefit the U.S.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The move comes amid a nationwide restoration of Pell Grant eligibility to people who are incarcerated. The Department of Education last year finalized a rule to expand Pell Grant access to students who are incarcerated. Louis County, Missouri, is offering college credit courses to people in jail, according to St.

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