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TIPS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM

Our clients are colleges and universities just like yours that have chosen to implement compliance programs as a result of our compliance assessment. A typical compliance program helps institutions and their employees conduct operations and activities ethically; with integrity, and in compliance with legal and…

Answering the Toughest Question: How Is Our Campus Really Performing?

When your Board Chair or Trustees ask, “How is our campus doing?” every executive should be able to respond with the same clear, data-driven answer. Too often, however, silos across Finance, Enrollment, Financial Aid, Academic Affairs, and Student Services result in fragmented information, and conflicting…

Be Ready Before the Call: Program Review Risk Assessment for Colleges and Universities

When the U.S. Department of Education notifies your institution of a program review, the clock starts ticking. Schools typically have just two weeks to prepare, and the stakes are high. Findings can lead to financial liabilities, jeopardize Title IV eligibility, and put accreditation standing at…

Audit and Program Review Support That Protects Your Institution

When the U.S. Department of Education initiates an audit or program review, the stakes are high. Findings can jeopardize financial aid eligibility, increase institutional liability, and place accreditation at risk. For colleges and universities with limited staff capacity, the process can quickly overwhelm financial aid…

How to find the best candidates for your college or university.

Discover leaders answering the call of extraordinary possibilities, advancing the frontiers of knowledge and building academic distinction. Leadership requirements continue to evolve, but the need for high-performing college and university leaders remains constant. Identifying and attracting the best and brightest talent in the higher education space requires a…

Choosing the Right Search Firm Makes All The Difference

Retaining an executive search firm is critical to hiring the best talent on the market. But all recruiters aren’t equal. Do you know the difference? “Staffing Agencies” are great for temps but generally lack candidates with specialization. These are great sources for blue collar and…

Trusted Experts In Higher Education Search and Placement

Let’s face it. One of the major advantages Higher Ed Executives brings to executive search and placement is that we are connected to the higher education sector like no others. That’s because we’ve worked for colleges and universities as leaders for years ourselves and many of…

MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT OF DEFAULTED FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS

Federal Student Aid recently issued updated guidance for schools to assign Defaulted Perkins Loans that have been in default for longer than two years to the Department. Institutions will have through June 30, 2022 to either assign or purchase loans that have been in default…

ED OPE UPDATES RETURN TO TITLE IV QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

It’s been a while since the Program Integrity Questions and Answers page was updated, but last month the Department updated the Frequently Asked Questions page with updates on the new Withdrawal and R2T4 rules that took effect on July 1, 2021. The rules made updates…

ED AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO SPREAD WORD ABOUT PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY

Citing high levels of unemployment related to the pandemic, the Department of ED’s Office of Postsecondary Education announced that the Department will be partnering with states’ Labor Departments to make Unemployment Insurance recipients aware of their potential eligibility for Pell Grants if they go back…

2022-2023 FAFSA GOES LIVE TODAY

It’s October 1st and that means that students can begin filling out the 2022-2023 FAFSA form on studentaid.gov. To fill out the FAFSA, students and parents need: Social Security number Alien Registration number (if they aren’t a U.S. citizen) 2020 Federal income tax returns, W-2s,…

COHORT DEFAULT RATES RELEASED

On September 27, 2021, the Official Cohort Default Rates were released for the 2018 Fiscal Year. Since 2013, the National Student Loan Cohort Default Rate has been trending down. The official 2018 rate is now 7.3%, down from last year’s (2017) rate of 9.7% According…

TIPS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM

Our clients are colleges and universities just like yours that have chosen to implement compliance programs as a result of our compliance assessment. A typical compliance program helps institutions and their employees conduct operations and activities ethically; with integrity, and in compliance with legal and…

Answering the Toughest Question: How Is Our Campus Really Performing?

When your Board Chair or Trustees ask, “How is our campus doing?” every executive should be able to respond with the same clear, data-driven answer. Too often, however, silos across Finance, Enrollment, Financial Aid, Academic Affairs, and Student Services result in fragmented information, and conflicting…

Be Ready Before the Call: Program Review Risk Assessment for Colleges and Universities

When the U.S. Department of Education notifies your institution of a program review, the clock starts ticking. Schools typically have just two weeks to prepare, and the stakes are high. Findings can lead to financial liabilities, jeopardize Title IV eligibility, and put accreditation standing at…

Audit and Program Review Support That Protects Your Institution

When the U.S. Department of Education initiates an audit or program review, the stakes are high. Findings can jeopardize financial aid eligibility, increase institutional liability, and place accreditation at risk. For colleges and universities with limited staff capacity, the process can quickly overwhelm financial aid…

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