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Aggressive Plan for State Data Systems (Inside Higher Ed)

"It has become an article of faith among many federal and especially state policy makers that the United States cannot possibly improve the performance of its higher education system without a significantly better way of collecting data about the performance of individual students and colleges," Inside Higher Ed reports. "Student aid legislation that the U.S. Senate could unveil as soon as this week would, like a comparable measure that the House of Representatives passed this month, give states significant financial incentives to develop such data systems."
28 Sep 2009 13:47:15 -0500
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Treatment of the American Opportunity Tax Credit in Need Analysis

NASFAA recently received guidance from the Department of Education regarding the treatment of the new American Opportunity Tax Credit in need analysis. Since the new tax credit is in the same section of the Internal Revenue Code as the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits, it is treated the same way in need analysis -- as excludable income.
5 Feb 2010 13:48:27 -0500
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