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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Our top priority is to ensure that students can access the maximum financial aid possible to help them pursue their higher education goals.” On Monday, the U.S. Since the form became available on Dec.

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With new safeguards rule, cybersecurity programs become even more critical for higher ed

University Business

Department of Education has made clear that the Safeguards Rule, as it’s commonly called, applies to all postsecondary institutions that participate in financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Department of Education was putting it through a program review for Title IV compliance.

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Fixing FASFA: Black Students and HBCUs Will Lose the Most

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education to resolve these issues, but immediate action to correct the issues with FAFSA is required. Working with TMCF, HBCU leaders are engaging with the U.S. It is imperative that government leaders take steps to safeguard and support HBCUs and their students during the implementation of this new process.

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What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape

EAB

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. These narratives only bolster the skepticism a majority of young adults without degrees already report feeling toward higher education.

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OPM and Third-Party Servicers Update; Your Turn to Inform the Department of Ed

WCET Frontiers

Department of Education is listening! Their February 15 press release ( see our post about it ) provides opportunities to inform the Department on two separate but related topic areas. Surprise by the Department of Education on the ‘Big Impact’. We are skeptical that a fair formula can be devised.

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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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Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Ralph Wolff , the founder and former president of the Quality Assurance Commons for Higher and Postsecondary Education, and former president of WASC, the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, on several issues.