Despite fears of another cycle plagued with delays or other issues, financial aid experts are saying that the start of the new federal student aid filing period has gone smoothly, taking a weight off their and families’ shoulders.
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Iowa’s public universities maintained, or even increased, their first-year undergraduate counts this fall – bucking a national trend of deep losses in 18-year-old freshmen, according to special analysis of that group recently released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
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Having two Rhodes scholars in a single year is a feat for any state, given the program’s U.S. allotment is 32 annually and Ivy League campuses typically snag many -- including 10 in the 2025 crop of scholars.
Cedar Rapids school officials are taking families’ questions and concerns into consideration as they continue to develop their plan for College and Career Pathways at four of their high schools.
The Prairie and Alburnett high schools are the first in Iowa to launch a program called 3DE that partners businesses with students to pitch solutions to real-world questions.
Although increasing enrollment by offering free or nearly free tuition might seem like a risky economic move, private colleges and universities in Iowa say they’re confident expanding financial aid offerings to more students will help grow both enrollment and revenue.
Hawkeye Athletics hasn’t made much of a dent in paying back the $50 million it borrowed from the main University of Iowa campus during the height of COVID, leaving $47.6 million outstanding on the 2021 loan – even as contributions from the Big Ten Athletics Conference have continued to climb.
The district plans to hold informational meetings next week for parents about its new Freshman Academies and College & Career Pathways programs.
“We never had health concerns for her. And then you get that information that she has cancer. And life will never be the same. And you wake up every day thinking that was a nightmare.”
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