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Higher Ed on the Ballot
Oct 15, 2020
Residents in California and New Mexico will consider higher education-related ballot initiatives on election day.
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New Report on Stranded Records
Oct 8, 2020
AACRAO report finds that 64 percent of institutions that withhold transcripts do so for a balance of less than $25.
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Student Debt Flattening, Report Finds
Oct 8, 2020
Despite recent trends, the study found that the rise in graduates' student debt burden has far outpaced inflation over the past 15 years.
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COVID-19 Upends Standardized Testing Process
Oct 8, 2020
As institutions suspend SAT and ACT requirements and exams cancellations continue due to the outbreak, most students expected to not submit a test score with their college applications this fall, new analysis finds.
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Updated Guidance on CARES Act Funds
Oct 8, 2020
Education Dept. issues a third round of FAQs on how colleges and universities are allowed to spend emergency relief aid under the CARES Act.
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Trump Sows Confusion on Stimulus Relief Package
Oct 8, 2020
The mixed messaging leaves even greater uncertainty over whether Congress will deliver any assistance before the election.
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Pause on Loan Payments Improves Credit
Oct 8, 2020
Study finds that across all age groups, the percentage of those with student loans who have poor credit went down between February and June by more than those without loans.
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AACRAO Releases New Report on Closing and Merging Institutions
Oct 8, 2020
Report provides best practices for securing records of students from institutions that are merging or closing.
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CDC Issues New COVID-19 Guidance for Colleges
Oct 8, 2020
The guidelines offer a five-part hierarchy for selecting individuals for testing and includes more advice than previously available on testing during an outbreak.
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Congress Approves Stop-Gap Spending Bill
Oct 1, 2020
Continuing resolution averts government shutdown, funding federal agencies at their current level until December 11.
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Common App Drops School Discipline Question, Citing Racial Inequities
Oct 1, 2020
The decision draws on research that found that Black applicants reported disciplinary records at more than twice the rate of their white peers.
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Education Dept. Launches Investigation of Princeton Following Efforts to Combat Racism on Campus
Sep 30, 2020
AACRAO urges the agency to end the "misguided" inquiry and "not use the power of the federal government to investigate schools that are trying to build a better, more inclusive America."
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Trump Administration Proposes Major Overhaul of Student Visa Rules
Sep 30, 2020
New proposed regulation would set new limits on the duration for which international students can study in the United States.
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Higher Ed Leaders Consider Pandemic's Impact on Transfer
Sep 30, 2020
Experts are concerned about how the pandemic and ensuing recession will impact transfer students.
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Trump Expands Ban on Federal Grants for Racial-Sensitivity Training
Sep 30, 2020
It is unclear whether colleges that received federal grants would have to end programs or whether they would just be prohibited from using federal grants to pay for them.
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House Unveils Slimmed Down Relief Package
Sep 30, 2020
AACRAO joins a broad coalition in requesting at least $120 billion for higher education in order to partially mitigate the challenges that students and institutions are facing.
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New Data Show Drop in Fall Enrollment
Sep 24, 2020
Undergraduate attendance this fall decreased 2.5 percent. Community colleges experienced the steepest enrollment, with a 7.5 percent drop.
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State Audit Blasts U of California Admissions
Sep 23, 2020
Review finds that the university system inappropriately admitted at least 64 wealthy, mostly white students over the past six years as favors to donors, family, and friends.
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House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill
Sep 23, 2020
Legislation would keep the government funded through early December and avoid a shutdown just before the November election.
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Senator Renews Push to Simplify FAFSA
Sep 23, 2020
Lamar Alexander devoted the last scheduled hearing of the HELP committee before he leaves office to a proposal that would reduce the number of questions on the FAFSA from 108 to 33.