Student Privacy Compass

APRIL 29, 2025

Data Security: about 21 states list data security concerns as a focus, with some calling for AI systems to adhere to security best practices, including encryption, authentication, and authorization to prevent unauthorized access. School leaders need actionable guidance that gives a concrete roadmap for the use of generative AIt.

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Education Retention Compliance Instruction 52

School & Student Services by Community Brands

MARCH 11, 2025

As tuition costs rise and demand for financial assistance grows, financial aid directors play a pivotal role in making private education accessible. A thoughtfully designed financial aid strategy doesnt just ease administrative burdensit helps families make informed decisions about their childs education.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Examples include: Percentage of students receiving aid A benchmark to maintain diversity and accessibility. By identifying any inconsistencies or inefficiencies, schools can refine their policies to improve accessibility and fairness. Role-based access controls to limit data exposure.

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ensuring that these systems are secure is not just about compliance—it’s about safeguarding the trust and well-being of the school community. Private K-12 schools can take proactive steps to secure their financial aid processes, not just for regulatory compliance but to protect their community from the risks associated with data theft.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. The campus had a strong compliance-oriented institutional research function, but other functions such as strategic planning and accreditation did not have a formal home.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Customized Onboarding Frictionless Services Accessible Campus Community Flexible Academic Pathways Holistic Well-Being Support Proactive Career Preparation. Only 29% of respondents said their college collects and stores information on prospective students’ interests and preferences in one place that is easily accessible to staff.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

With trustworthy data stored in a secure location (known as a data warehouse), a data management platform allows your campus to govern data, assign data access based on user roles, put data into action, and develop customized dashboards. Edify automatically standardizes data from those systems so that it is clean, accessible, and trustworthy.

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College Planners of America

MAY 13, 2023

The Tables below describe the elements of the Roadmap for stakeholder groups and list the delivery dates.

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College Aid Services

AUGUST 6, 2024

Financial Aid administrators can access the 2024-25 training materials for this year’s Learning Tracks, which are designed as brief courses that focus on one particular subject at a time and are available through the FSA Training Center.

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Financial aid administration Financial aid Administration Administration 59

Student Privacy Compass

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The infographic depicts the main reasons why schools monitor student activity online—ensuring student safety, legal compliance, and addressing community concerns—and highlights two areas of frequent confusion: what types of student data are being monitored, and how that data could be used.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities serve as a prime example, having used HEERF to expand access to much-needed 24/7 mental health services through TimelyCare for students at all 12 of its community colleges.

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Mental health Higher education Community college Compliance 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

EAB has done a decade of research on cost savings and efficiency on both the academic and administrative side. staff proximity, access) about redesigns Workflow Simplified processes (e.g., staff proximity, access) about redesigns Workflow Simplified processes (e.g., The core is that across-the-board cuts don’t work.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, as people return to regular in-person medical and mental health care, 6 out of 10 people who used virtual care say they would prefer both digital and in-person access to health services in the future. It’s also audited and tested for accessibility using VPAT 2.4 Clearly, there’s a demand for a hybrid model of care.

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Higher education Mental health Education Counseling 52

School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Using multiple systems for your data creates data silos, which can cause issues such as: Misplaced or otherwise hard-to-access data. This metric can illuminate the accessibility of your institution and potentially reveal areas where you could improve to attract more mission-appropriate students. Exceeding storage capacity.

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Financial aid Application Database Compliance 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments. About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Trump’s administration and its less tolerant immigration policies. “At Jennifer Nájera Another step forward came in 2013 with the passing of the California Dream Act, which made undocumented students eligible to apply for state financial aid. But then in 2016 came President Donald J.

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Financial aid Scholarship Teaching Compliance 299

College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Speaking at a National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators ( NASFAA ) conference in February, Melanie Storey, Director of the ED’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), said that, in order to assure compliance with the Act, the ED will not be able to launch the FAFSA as usual on October 1 of this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

We have been in the past, and remain today, in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions." The case highlights the complex intersection of educational access, civil rights, competitive fairness, and institutional governance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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. ED officials said that they are aware there have been delays in this overhaul of what Cardona called a “broken system.”

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The trust can require that a grandchild be able to access the trust only if engaged in the pursuit of a college degree and only if they are in compliance with all other conditions which the grandparent may have stipulated in the trust. What Is a Testamentary Trust? A Testamentary Trust is a trust created by a Last Will and Testament.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I am aware that the provision of any false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me, and the organization on behalf of which this submission is being made, to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims, or other violations.

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Student loans Leadership Administration Administration 105

College Aid Services

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration continues its federal loan system overhaul with the Unified Service and Data Solution (USDS): a new platform where borrowers can manage their repayment process, access their loan information with a simplified log-in process, and FSA can implement “increased oversight” of loan servicers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

With this guidance, the Trump Administration is directing schools to end the use of racial preferences and race stereotypes in their programs and activities," said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, characterizing the move as a victory for justice, civil rights laws, and the Constitution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These changes include discontinuing the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, ending programming under Student Life's Center for Belonging and Social Change, and renaming the Office of Institutional Equity to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance. The university confirmed that 16 positions will be eliminated as a result of these changes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2025

Department ofEducation to the Small Business Administration (SBA)an agency that, on same day, announced it would be cutting its staff bynearly half. It plays a central role in ensuring access and accountability in highereducation. Department of Education, President Trump has, more recently, spoken about his desireto transfer the $1.6

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

DECEMBER 18, 2024

By taking proactive measures now, you can ensure a faster, more efficient process that benefits your families and reduces administrative burden on your staff. This can be done through video conferencing or phone calls, making it easier for families to access support. Here are key actionable steps to prepare for the 2025 season.

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Financial aid Mentoring Application Instruction 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

While advocates of access hailed the policy, the for-profit sector and financial aid offices raised worries. Dr. Kyle Southern, associate vice president of higher education quality for The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), which has been calling for a secret shopper program and other oversight, agreed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Last year, the Biden administration put in place a rule that does not allow for-profit schools to attribute veteran and active-duty benefits toward the 10% requirement. Additionally, she said it is essential to make it clear to student veterans that they can access information through the VA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 16, 2023

But despite the increase, few institutions are in Title IX compliance. We want to make sure that everyone has access regardless of race, socioeconomic status, location, or zip code.” The most important part of my job is educating administrators across college campuses on what exactly Title IX means,” says Alexis F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

The administration refers to trans women as males. The executive order also fails to call for true compliance with Title IX the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funding and does not address longstanding inequities that have existed for decades, Staurowsky says.

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COE

JANUARY 28, 2025

As agencies are directed to provide a report to OMB by Monday, February 10 indicating whether federal grant programs are in compliance with recently issued Executive Orders, grantees may wish to draw down funds to allow for operations at least through that date.

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Administration Administration Student loans Leadership 96