Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Marist College, the private school in Poughkeepsie, New York, has announced it will become Marist University effective later this month, marking a significant milestone in its nearly century-long history. The timing of the transition is particularly meaningful as Marist approaches its centennial in 2029. President Dr. Kevin C.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2024

“So far, knock on wood,” says Michelle Barton, m anaging director of program operations at Bottom Line , a college advising service for first-generation and low-income students. She has found an error on multiple colleges and universities’ websites that state the FAFSA application opens every year on Oct.

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HEPI

JUNE 19, 2024

This is particularly pertinent at a time when humanities departments are under threat. They could also consider investing QR funds to support scholar-led publishing operations, such as the Open Library of the Humanities , University College London’s open access press , or Cambridge University’s Diamond OA journals platform.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

In all this lay the beginnings of an academic ‘research culture’, though well into the twentieth century the Fellows of Colleges did not usually have – or seek – doctorates. It is scheduled to be repeated in 2029. It was last held in 2021 with Research England in charge instead of HEFCE.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2023

To that end, the spending plan features a pathway to double the maximum federal Pell Grant by 2029, a policy move college access organizations have demanded for years and the Biden administration has supported. The budget would boost the 2024-2025 maximum Pell award to $8,215. The current maximum is $7,395.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 21, 2022

“We are thrilled that Congress provided the $500 increase,” said David Baime, senior vice president for government relations for the American Association of Community Colleges. “It will significantly help low-income students finance community college.” President Biden is aiming to do that by 2029.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2022

One such compromise involved the Pell Grant, which President Biden had proposed increasing by over $2,000, part of a plan to double the maximum award by 2029. They don’t stop when they go to college,” said Baker. But she noted that some departments are expected to compromise more than others.

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