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Prison Education Programs Await Pell Grant Approval Amid Slow Rollout

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Last summer, the Department of Education extended Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students. Pell Grants award students financial aid for college that they don't need to repay. In January, Cal Poly Humboldt's prison education program was the first in the country to be approved for Pell Grant funding.

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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

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Note: this post is for External Transfers who are not UT students. Current UT students wanting to change their major or internally transfer can consult this post. Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Many transfer students are nontraditional.

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NASFAA Rolls Out Recommendations for Pell Grant Expansion

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Students who are incarcerated are set to regain access to Pell Grants nationwide in 2023. Education officials should step up communication about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process for incarcerated students to make sure the upcoming Pell Grant expansion is successful, according to a new report.

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Is Being a Teacher Worth It?

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Note Reference [3] Check One former teacher noted the value of the transferable skills she gained from teaching in a classroom. Department of Education proposed a federal grant aimed at targeting this shortage. These skills, she says, can be transferred to plenty of other careers, even non-teaching careers in education.

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California State University Enrollment Declines Continue After Pandemic Emergency

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After experiencing several years of enrollment growth, the CSU reached a peak in 2020 with a record 432,264 undergraduates. During the pandemic, enrollment declined 10,000 students from fall 2020 to fall 2021, followed by a further decline to 404,820 students in fall 2022. The CSU recorded an enrollment decline of 6.5%

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Internal Transfer and Changing Majors for Current UT-Austin Students

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Doubtful Sound, New Zealand There are two kinds of transfers: external and internal. External transfers begin their studies at one university and wish to move to another, like at Texas A&M, and want to move to Austin. I discuss external transferring here. This is different from appealing discussed here.

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Report: 27 Universities Received Over a Half-Billion Dollars From Fossil Fuel Industry

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The report found that a minimum of $677 million was transferred to 27 universities to fund research, including climate research. The report cited an analysis by UnKoch My Campus , which shows that contracts may even grant donors the right to review, edit, or censor research before publication.