Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
It was a beautiful, sunny day that turned into a lovely, brisk night on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, the night then Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44 th President of the United States. That evening, I met with other scholars of color in graduate school for an election night party. The election updates were electrifying – the possibility of the nation’s first Black president.
College Aid Services
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The Department of Education is addressing two software issues that flag incorrectly flag ISIRs as “Conflicting Information” for the 2024-25 award year. Officials are working to permanently resolve both problems and below is an overview of the most recent guidance that they have provided: Main Issues Issue #1: Federal Tax Information (FTI) and Manual Input… More » New Guidance Released to Address Conflicting Information Issues With 2024-25 ISIRs The post New Guidance Released to
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills into law to address the legacy of racial discrimination, including a bill to establish a Black-Serving Institution designation for California colleges and universities. Senate Bill 1348 authored by California state senator Steven Bradford, looks to promote Black student success in higher education by creating the nation’s first recognition of a Black-Serving Institution.
College Aid Services
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The latest service release for EDExpress for Windows 2024-25 is now available to administrators to fix issues with the program’s Direct Loan and Pell Grant modules. The announcement below provides a detailed list of the software updates, installation instructions, and recommendations for loading the service file to PC workstations. Posted Date: September 27, 2024 Author:… More » Service Update for EDExpress, Release 2.0 Improves Direct Loan and Pell Grant Module Performance The post
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
In the wake of the COVID pandemic, high school GPAs (HSGPA) are less likely to be clear indicators of first-year, postsecondary success. A more holistic assessment of students, including the use of the ACT test score alongside HSGPA, acts as a better predictor. That’s according to the latest report from the ACT , which analyzed high school GPAs, ACT test scores, and first-year grades in students from 2017 to 2021.
College Aid Services
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
FSA has notified institutions that the StudentAid.gov website will be down for mandatory maintenance. The outage is scheduled to occur between 6 p.m. ET on September 28, 2024 and 1 p.m. ET on September 29, 2024. Users will not be able to log in or create an account during this time. SOURCE: (GENERAL-24-114 ) OUTAGE… More » FSA to Implement StudentAid.gov Maintenance, Outage Scheduled for September 28th The post FSA to Implement StudentAid.gov Maintenance, Outage Scheduled for September 28t
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College Aid Services
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Our September Team Spotlight is Stephanie McCarter, who joined College Aid Services in 2023. Stephanie’s enter the field as the Assistant Director of Compliance & Quality Control career at the University of South Carolina in 2013, where she showcased her commitment to high standards in a student-facing role. She collaborated extensively with other professionals through… More » Team Spotlight: Stephanie McCarter The post Team Spotlight: Stephanie McCarter first appeared on College
Student Loan Planner
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Advocates for student loan borrowers are ramping up a pressure campaign to convince the Biden administration to extend student loan relief as millions of borrowers face increasing turmoil. An unfortunate confluence of events is causing unprecedented chaos in the federal student loan system, and the consequences of these issues may just be coming into focus. … The post As Key Student Loan Relief Programs End or Are Mired In Turmoil, Advocates Urge Biden Administration To Act appeared first
College Aid Services
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Federal Student Aid has released volumes of the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical information for the 2025-26 award year and are only available as PDF documents at this time. Update on September 26, 2024: The Department has updated Volume 4B implements several revisions to… More » 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (September 2024 Update #2) The post 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (September 2024 Upda
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