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Build Back Better Would Block Pell Grant Funding for Career College Students

Build Back Better Would Block Pell Grant Funding for Career College Students

Inside Sources  Michael Graham December 10, 2021 A spending proposal in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would deny funding for students who choose to attend private-sector career colleges, rather than public community colleges. It’s a burden that would disproportionately fall on veterans, older students, and people of color. […]

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Hoped-for gap year enrollment boom turns out to be a bust

Hoped-for gap year enrollment boom turns out to be a bust

Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz December 3, 2021 Dive Brief:  Just 2% of students who graduated from high school in 2020 and didn’t immediately attend college ended up enrolling a year later this fall, dashing hopes that the large number of students who opted out of higher ed in the pandemic’s […]

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Report Weighs Accountability Measures for For-Profits

Report Weighs Accountability Measures for For-Profits

Inside Higher Ed Alexis Gravely December 3, 2021 Several higher education policy experts with differing views on the value of for-profit institutions came together to develop a set of policy recommendations for holding for-profit institutions accountable in a recent report from Opportunity America. “Like too many issues in education, the question of […]

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The top 2 concerns for colleges as they assess pending FAFSA changes

The top 2 concerns for colleges as they assess pending FAFSA changes

UB University Business Chris Burt December 1, 2021 Only about half of administrators have gotten a jumpstart on key updates being made to financial aid. With changes not coming to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Federal Methodology until the 2024-25 award year, it is not surprising […]

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