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SAT Will Be Fully Digital by 2024
Jan 26, 2022
The exam will be completed on laptops or tablets at schools and testing centers and will be shortened from three hours to two.
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Transfer Enrollment Looks Promising, Report Shows
Jan 26, 2022
Overall undergraduate enrollments are still down across higher education, but transfer enrollment is down only slightly.
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Call for Public Policy Advisory Group Members
Jan 20, 2022
We encourage each of you to consider applying to lend your knowledge and expertise to impact public policy issues affecting your professions, the students you serve, and higher education as a whole.
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Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Large Employer Vaccination Mandate
Jan 20, 2022
The federal vaccine mandate (with a testing alternative) would have applied to colleges and other workplaces with 100 or more employees.
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New Framework for Equity in College Admissions and Financial Aid
Jan 20, 2022
Existing admissions and financial aid processes can be rebuilt to better serve racial minorities, especially black students, says a new report by NACAC and NASFAA.
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New Round of Rulemaking Begins
Jan 19, 2022
Negotiators will work to rewrite regulations that govern how and when colleges and universities—particularly for-profit institutions—may access federal funding.
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Congress Requests an Update on the Army IgnitED Program
Jan 19, 2022
Issues with migrating data from the old tuition assistance platform to the new system left the service unable to reimburse schools for soldiers' tuition.
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More Students Apply to College through the Common App
Jan 19, 2022
Overall, applications increased 13 percent, with underrepresented applicants up 17 percent, first-gen applicants up 21 percent, and international applicants up 33 percent.
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Navient Reaches Deal to Settle Claims of Predatory Lending
Jan 19, 2022
Student loan servicing giant will cancel $1.7 billion in delinquent private student loans for nearly 66,000 borrowers and pay $95 million in restitution.
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Administration Unveils Draft Plans to Rewrite College Accountability Rules
Jan 13, 2022
Proposals include plans to overhaul the 90-10 rule, gainful employment, and other key higher education policies.
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Elite Colleges Sued Over Financial Aid Practices
Jan 13, 2022
Lawsuit accuses 16 private colleges and universities of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to limit financial aid for admitted students.
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Need-Blind Admissions for International Students
Jan 13, 2022
Dartmouth joins Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and Amherst in offering need-blind admissions to all undergraduate applicants.
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Admissions Visit Requirements Vary Across Campuses
Jan 13, 2022
Colleges and universities across the country are taking a range of approaches to admissions visits during Omicron.
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Fewer High School Graduates Enrolling in College
Jan 13, 2022
Overall, college enrollment for fall 2021 is 2.6 percent below enrollment in 2020, for a total 5.8 percent drop since 2019, new data show.
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Education Dept. Study Looks at Student Perceptions of College Affordability
Jan 13, 2022
The group most likely to enroll in college were students who believed they could afford college and had at least one parent with a bachelor's or other college degree.
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Re-Enrolling to Finish Degree Increases Income
Jan 13, 2022
Study finds that students who return to college and finish their bachelor's degrees see immediate increases in their annual income after graduation.
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Biden Administration Updates, Extends Flexibilities for International Students
Jan 6, 2022
The State Dept. provides consular offices more flexibility in determining non-immigrant intent for F-1 and M-1 student visa applicants and extends pandemic-related waivers for certain in-person interview requirements.
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HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats
Jan 6, 2022
At least seven historically black colleges and universities reported bomb threats on Tuesday, triggering abrupt evacuations of students and employees.
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New Law Requires CA Institutions to Update Name Changes in Student Records
Jan 6, 2022
Advocates say the new requirement could greatly benefit transgender and gender non-conforming students.
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Pilot Program to Settle Student Debt and Release Stranded Credits
Jan 6, 2022
New program introduced in northeast Ohio will allow students who have stranded credits to settle their bills and have their transcripts released.