Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block
Banning affirmative action would threaten the higher education ecosystem and disrupt many other public institutions.
College Financial Aid
Why Do So Many Older Americans Owe Student Loans?
More and more seniors have student loan debt. The majority have debt from their own time in college (not debt for others).
Shifting the Narrative Around Parenting Students and Their Experiences
A conversation with Julie Peller, executive director, and Tanya Ang, managing director of advocacy of Higher Learning Advocates
What the Upcoming FAFSA Changes Mean for Students
The FAFSA Simplification Act will make the financial aid application easier for students.
A Comprehensive Approach to Serving Student Parents
A conversation with Generation Hope’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Lynn Lewis.
Providing Student Parents a Seat at the Table
A conversation with David Croom, associate director of the Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) Initiative with Ascend at the Aspen Inst.
Almost All Programs at Minority-Serving Institutions Would Pass Gainful Employment
An analysis shows that the vast majority MSIs and community colleges will face almost no disruptions from upcoming regulations.
An Earnings Threshold Would Sanction Only Low-Value College Programs
Proposed gainful employment regulations would cut off federal financial aid to college programs that lead to earnings below a living wage.
A Community College’s Journey to Further Equity Through Economic & Community Impact
Montgomery College created a set of practices to support their students to and through their college experience and into a good job.
Will stop-outs return to community college anytime soon?
This blog post focuses on stop-outs' likelihood of returning to school, causes of stopping out, and incentives that may get them to return.
First-Generation, Low-Income College Students Deserve Continued Support
Students in need benefited from emergency pandemic supports that are now disappearing, but the need remains.
Students Deserve Simpler Financial Aid Offers, the Understanding the True Cost of College Act Will Help
Financial aid offers are too complicated, a new bill aims to make them easier to understand
Why Didn’t the Community College Students Come Back?
The survey updates our findings from a similar survey conducted in 2020 about why enrollment at community colleges declined.
Online Short-Term Pell Could Open the Floodgates to Predatory Actors
Expanding short-term Pell to online programs creates even a greater risk of abuse by predatory actors.