Posts Tagged with "Federal Financial Aid"
Competency-Based Education Advances With U.S. Approval of Program
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. APRIL 18, 2013. Last month the U.S. Education Department sent a message to colleges: Financial aid may be awarded based on students’ mastery of “competencies” rather than their accumulation of credits. That has major ramifications for institutions …Continue reading »
Continue reading...One Price in California
Friday, April 5, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 5, 2013. California community colleges will not find an ally in their new system chancellor, Brice Harris, if they try to cope with crushing student demand by raising tuition for certain programs or courses. In an open …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Problem with Title IV Eligibility Under State Authorization Rule
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. APRIL 1, 2013. Many colleges in Florida — and potentially other states, including California and Texas — could lose eligibility for their students to receive federal financial aid under a new interpretation of the Education Department’s “state …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Going Beyond Interest Rates
Thursday, March 14, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MARCH 14, 2013. Another legislative deadline for federal financial aid is looming in this town of perpetual crisis: the interest rate on subsidized student loans will double July 1, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, if there …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Sequestration and Financial Aid
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MARCH 4, 2013. A few hours before President Obama signed an order officially instating across-the-board spending cuts Friday night, the U.S. Education Department issued guidance on what the automatic budget cuts would mean for federal financial aid programs. The Pell Grant …Continue reading »
Continue reading...A New Accreditation System?
Sunday, February 17, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. FEBRUARY 14, 2013. In President Obama’s few sentences about higher education in the State of the Union address Tuesday night, there might have been a presidential precedent set: the first allusion to postsecondary accreditation in the landmark annual address …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Financial aid caught in congressional crossfire
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. FEBRUARY 5, 2013. Many financial-aid packages that begin going out this month for college students may as well come with a disclaimer: “awards depend on how the fiscal showdown plays out in Washington.” The automatic spending …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tangling Over Accountability
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
INSIDE HIGHER ED. FEBRUARY 5, 2013. Private college presidents head to Capitol Hill today to make the case for private higher education, hoping to maintain funding for federal student aid programs while slowing down what they see as an encroaching …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Rule Barring Aid for Drug Convictions May Harm At-Risk Students, Study Finds
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. FEBRUARY 4, 2013. A rule that bars students who have been convicted of selling or possessing drugs from receiving federal financial aid may inadvertently harm at-risk students without actually reducing crime, according to the results …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Colleges’ Aid Eligibility Should Be Tied to Students’ Backgrounds, Report Says
Thursday, January 31, 2013
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. JANUARY 30, 2013. The latest in a series of proposals for restructuring the federal financial-aid system recommends evaluating institutional performance based on the backgrounds of students enrolled and redefining institutional eligibility for some federal aid …Continue reading »
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