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In this video, I walk you through the process of requesting an application fee waiver from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. I share key steps, tips, and insights to help you successfully apply without incurring the application fee, making the process more affordable.

The Texas Education Agency has proposed updates to 19 TAC §74.1003, detailing the evaluation criteria for certifications to be included on the 2025-2030 Industry-Based Certification List for Public School Accountability. The public comment period is January 10-February 10. Stakeholders are invited to submit their comments electronically using the public comment form. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3DNLTuc

Below is a love letter from me to the accrediting agencies. Dear i-dotters and t-crossers: Your mission to help shelter students and other stakeholders from the fallout of a sudden, unexpected closure is to be commended - belatedly. Since you are late to the predicting-when-a-college-will-close party, let me save you some time. The data already exists in an easy-to-use form. It is called the College Viability app and has IPEDS data comparisons from 2015-2022. You can compare almost 2,800 private and public (2 and 4-year) colleges across more than 30 reports. It even has pictures (charts). (That was a self-serving announcement.) If you insist on being the judge and jury on a college's viabiltiy, I can point you to folks much smarter than me with the data and skills to do the math and predictive analytics - probably much faster than you can. But, don't look for a single predictive closure value. I have and it doesn't exist. Look at a resource that lets students, families, and other stakeholders compare the financial health, enrollment trends, graduation rates and more. With that approach you are off of the litigation hook because you are a data compiler- not a viability judge. While you are at it, take a look at the NCES and IPEDS data on program completions. There are too many colleges with really small numbers of graduates in programs and majors. You might ponder minimum enrollment numbers as part of your 'i' and 't' processes. (pssst: I have already have an app in final development that does this for about 1,200 private colleges. Don't tell anybody.) Gary PS: Please get out of the merger and consolidation approval business. Your plodding involvement may lead to additional colleges closing. I don't expect you to concur, but I thought I would ask.  g Higher Learning Commission

HLC: Inform the Students. Don't be the Viability Judge. Since 2016 accredited private colleges have closed to the tune of about 1 per month. While HLC and other accrediting agencies have been busy making sure colleges are dotting their regulatory i's and crossing their checklist t's, data suggests some 40,000 students at those closed colleges have been financially and emotionally impacted. I offer that the HLC plans noted in this Higher Ed Dive story by Ben Unglesbee is a day-late and dollar-short public relations move by organizations who have a conflict of intererest. They have their own financial concerns if they push too hard, their colleges - along with their paid fees - will move to other accrediting agencies. The role HLC proposes as judge and jury should really be one that focuses on providing comparative information about the financial health of private and public colleges. Let the students, families, and other stakeholders make decisions about a college's viability. Provide them the tool to do so. Click on the link below to read the rest of the post. https://lnkd.in/gPd9Rshw https://lnkd.in/gxkT_-y9 Higher Learning Commission Inside Higher Ed The Chronicle of Higher Education Eric Martin Jamie Stanesa Deanna McCormick Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee #collegeviability hashtag #cvapp hashtag #garystocker

HLC: Inform the Students. Don't be the Viability Judge. Since 2016 accredited private colleges have closed to the tune of about 1 per month. While HLC and other accrediting agencies have been busy making sure colleges are dotting their regulatory i's and crossing their checklist t's, data suggests some 40,000 students at those closed colleges have been financially and emotionally impacted. I offer that the HLC plans noted in this Higher Ed Dive story by Ben Unglesbee is a day-late and dollar-short public relations move by organizations who have a conflict of intererest. They have their own financial concerns if they push too hard, their colleges - along with their paid fees - will move to other accrediting agencies. The role HLC proposes as judge and jury should really be one that focuses on providing comparative information about the financial health of private and public colleges. Let the students, families, and other stakeholders make decisions about a college's viability. Provide them the tool to do so. Click on the link below to read the rest of the post. https://lnkd.in/gPd9Rshw https://lnkd.in/gxkT_-y9 Higher Learning Commission Inside Higher Ed The Chronicle of Higher Education Eric Martin Jamie Stanesa Deanna McCormick Higher Ed Dive Ben Unglesbee #collegeviability hashtag #cvapp hashtag #garystocker

Accepted first-year students, the clock is ticking! Say "YES" to #VCU to secure your spot for the fall semester! View the accepted students' checklist and the next steps to join the RAMily here: bit.ly/3R5eOxD 🐏💛🖤 #VCU2028

Accepted first-year students, the clock is ticking! Say "YES" to #VCU to secure your spot for the fall semester! View the accepted students' checklist and the next steps to join the RAMily here: bit.ly/3R5eOxD 🐏💛🖤 #VCU2028

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Introducing the NCMC+UCM Direct Connect Transfer Agreement! The agreement makes it possible for students at North Central Missouri College to pursue an associate degree while concurrently taking courses leading to a bachelor’s degree at the University of Central Missouri. This builds upon a relationship between both institutions that not only helps facilitate credit transfer between NCMC and UCM, but also includes benefits for students such as lowering the cost of a four-year degree, providing student use of services at each institution, and student record sharing between NCMC and UCM. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4eMAPL4

Ohio families, Let's answer the question, "Why should a student pursue their future through an Ohio Technical Center?" Join us tonight (4/23 at 6:30 pm) for our FREE webinar taking a deep dive into technical education after high school in Ohio.