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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. Institutions currently undergoing program reviews can also request extensions. Cardona said that by Feb.

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Americans’ trust in higher ed has reached a new low. Here’s how to navigate the ongoing confidence crisis.

EAB

Moreover, younger generations are increasingly questioning the value of a traditional college degree. Rather than moving from high school to college, students are finding different avenues to create a career without acquiring large student debt. Most academic program review processes are lengthy and occur once every few years.

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Student Satisfaction Data: Taking Action for Institutional Success

Helix Education

Heather Rondeau , director of research and institutional effectiveness at Alexandria Technical and Community College in Minnesota, and Hannah Miller Leftwich , senior director of student success and undergraduate enrollment at Oklahoma Christian University , provided the two-year and the four-year institutional perspectives during our session.

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Navigating Institutional Accreditation: How to Get it and Keep it: Helping colleges and universities navigate the accreditation process successfully

The Change Leader, Inc.

Institutional accreditation is a quality assurance process that provides colleges and universities access to critical resources once attained: federal financial aid, the ability to transfer and accept student transcripts and credits, and the increased likelihood of degree acceptance from employers and other higher ed institutions.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). If not for that institution, many students in that part of the state aren't going to have a chance to go to college. And I said, ‘No, no, no, no.

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Shopping in the Freezer

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean You know how sometimes you forget about food that has been in the freezer for a while? I was surprised at how many responses amounted to shopping in the freezer; they were requests for data that most colleges already, and routinely, collect. That helped inform our advising.