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Imagining a Financial Aid Portal
Jim Jump considers the virtues of a financial aid portal to match students wanting more aid with the colleges that want them.
AP Exams Face a Security Test
An international cheating ring led to an uptick in AP score cancellations this year, expediting plans to digitize the exams. Will that make them more secure?
Locking In a FAFSA Deadline
A House committee advanced a bill to mandate the FAFSA be released by Oct. 1 going forward. Democrats and higher ed advocacy groups are split over the proposal.
Success Program Launch: Building a Transfer Center
Georgia State and the National Institute for Student Success reorganized personnel and established a new workflow at the university to improve the transfer process.
Indian Student Visas Beset by Long Delays
The College Board’s FAFSA Takeover
The embattled Federal Student Aid office enlisted executives from the nonprofit to help launch next year’s aid form. Is it a necessary shake-up or an ethical blunder?
Enrollment Planning in the Specter of Closure
Misunderstandings about enrollment management and changing student needs can make a bad situation worse, Mark Campbell and Rachel Schreiber write.
The State of Higher Ed in Prisons a Year After Pell Restoration
A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice marks one year since the return of Pell Grants to incarcerated students and analyzes how programs can improve.