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Department of Education Lends Colleges a Hand After FAFSA Backlash
The department is allocating $50 million and deploying staffers to help institutions adjust to the rocky FAFSA rollout. College leaders are underwhelmed.
The Paradox of Cultural Othering: Academic Minute
Using Financial Aid Data to Help Students Meet Basic Needs
A new report says using FAFSA data to identify students who qualify for public assistance programs will help pay for their basic needs and boost retention and completion rates.
Campus Engagement Tip: Communicate Strategically With Family Members
To build stronger engagement with parents, Duquesne University launched a communication plan to engage regularly and deliberately, helping them be partners in their children’s education.
‘Colleges on the Brink’
Broken budgets, not hostile takeovers, are the biggest challenge for most presidents, Michael T. Nietzel and Charles M. Ambrose write.
Supreme Court Passes on West Point Affirmative Action Case
Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration
Using feedback from incarcerated students is one way to work toward making prison education programs more racially inclusive, according to a new report from the Vera Institute of Justice.