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Proposed Regulations Looks to Increase College Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Miguel Cardona The department’s proposal — partly to increase oversight over distance education programs and to promote student-focused student aid programs — adds changes to the federal TRIO programs, Distance Education, and Return to Title IV.

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Now Available: Title IV Program Participation Agreements

College Aid Services

Federal Student Aid is publishing the latest information related to Program Participation Agreements (PPA), which are required documents that must be signed institutional leadership if they want to retain their status as a Title IV program.

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What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape

EAB

Specifically: “ Entities performing the functions of student recruiting and retention, the provision of software products and services involving Title IV administration activities, and the provision of educational content and instruction are defined as third-party servicers.”

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Building Pipelines for a Better Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The overall enrollment nationwide at Title IV institutions (schools that process federal financial aid) is 8% Hispanic males and 5% Black males. The four-year graduation rate for females is at 51% with males at 41%; for Hispanic males, the rate is just 32% and 21% for Black males.

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Moody's Downgrades Higher Education Outlook to Negative as Federal Policy Changes Threaten Sector

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Trump administration's executive order and subsequent DOE guidance on ending DEI programs in higher education creates the risk of universities being subject to funding cuts, including Title IV funding suspension, if they do not comply.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Zamani-Gallaher, a renowned community college leadership scholar, was the 2022 recipient of the Diverse Champions Award. Being unaccredited meant students could not access Title IV federal student aid, and the college did not receive any ARP funds. Diverse Champions Award Dr. Eboni M.