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Student loan payments are highest in the Northeast, according to a first-of-its-kind LendEDU survey of nearly 150,000 student loans.
Online payment vendors offer insight on regulations and pressure to offer nontraditional options to students, families and supporters
Five areas to consider when setting up digital payment options so students, families and supporters can easily pay for anything from tickets to tuition
Prospective and current students, as well as alumni, need guidance from their institutions in being responsible about taking out student loans and then paying them back.
Total state support for higher education grew by 5% to approximately $96.6 billion in fiscal year 2019-20, representing the highest increase since 2014-15, according to the annual Grapevine survey.
Having the right size physical plant, workforce and programming can pay off—if you act now, says UB guest columnist Karen Gross, an advisor and consultant to nonprofit higher ed institutions, and a former president of Southern Vermont College.
Mascots and nicknames deemed offensive, particularly by Native American groups, have been dropped and replaced in recent years at several colleges and universities. But controversy persists on some campuses.
Higher ed is seeing an increase of college layoffs and program reductions as state funding continues to plummet. To address budgetary deficits, many institutions are asking for monetary aid from local governments.
An integrated, personalized and meaningful engagement strategy brings in more than just gifts, says UB guest columnist Robert Anderson, who is vice president for alumni relations and development at Albion College in Michigan.
As Marlboro College plans to close, CNBC reports that leaders at 1 in 5 small private colleges face serious financial problems.
Higher ed efforts such as improved academic advising and financial literacy lessons, plus an increase in scholarships and work-study programs, are making a difference in helping to ease the student loan crisis.
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