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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. FERPA gives students certain rights when they reaches the age of 18 or attends an institution of postsecondary education. FERPA prohibits institutions from disclosing PII from students’ education record without the prior…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education released a webinar on ensuring web accessibility for students with disabilities for schools utilizing online learning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In addition, OCR published a fact sheet for education leaders on how…
Last month the President signed S.3503 into law, authorizing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain approved educational programs that move to an online format as a result of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs offered on ground. Under the…
Today the U.S. Department of Education released details about how much postsecondary institutions of higher education will each receive from the recently passed Coronavirus stimulus package know as the CARES Act. In ED’s press release additional information is given about the process for securing the…
Secretary DeVos has directed all federal student loan servicers to grant an administrative forbearance to any borrower with a federally held loan who requests one. The forbearance will be in effect for a period of at least 60 days, beginning on March 13, 2020. To…
Federal Student Aid has postponed the requirement that borrowers complete the Annual Student Loan acknowledgment for the 2020-2021 award year. The borrower completion requirement will go into effect beginning with the 2021-2022 award year instead. According to their recent electronic announcement, previously scheduled webinars have…
FSA announced the release of award year 2020-2021 Final Funding Authorizations for the Federal Work-Study and Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grant allocations. As a result of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020t and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 $1,180,000,000 in FWS and $865,000,000 in…
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics has updated the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes. This is the first update to the CIP codes since 2010. CIP codes get reported to COD, NSLDS and other Federal Student Aid websites and are…
In less than two hours, the U.S. Department of Education will give a breifing on COVID-19 and the CARES Act stimulus package according to a memo just blasted out by ED. It reads: ” Good morning higher education stakeholders, Please join senior officials from the…
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