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Born of Necessity, Emergency Student Aid Should Become Standard Operating Procedure
In the wake of two years that have upended the financial and educational well-being of millions of students, emergency aid has become a watchword of the day for many higher education institutions. Once thought of as “point solutions” used by a relatively small number of colleges and universities, cash assistance programs are now increasingly commonplace…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Submits Letter on FY 2023 Appropriations
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates (HLA) submitted a letter outlining our support for key issues as the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education begins the FY 2023 appropriations process. In the letter, HLA urged the subcommittee to consider investments in essential child care, higher education, and campus mental health programs. Read…
Read MoreCradle to College – Teen Parents Must Navigate a System That Rarely Includes Them
Teen Vogue by Rainesford Stauffer “Cradle to College is a three-part series examining the realities that teen parents face in trying to access four-year college — from lack of structural support to stigma — and how they plan to shift the notion of what a “traditional” college experience is, and who “average” students are. Lynsie…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates’ Statement on the Consolidated Appropriations Package for Fiscal Year 2022
WASHINGTON — Today, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2022. Higher Learning Advocates—a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for policy that reflect the changing demographics of today’s students—has released the following statement attributed to its executive director Julie Peller: “An educated workforce is a competitive workforce, and today’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Submits Letter for NACIQI Committee Meeting
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates provided comments regarding the February 23 and 24, 2022 National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) meeting. HLA recommends ways for NACIQI to utilize its oversight authority to work with the Department and accrediting agencies to help set the parameters and guidelines accreditors must use to review…
Read MoreCompletion with Quality and Value: Why Credit for Prior Learning Stands out as a College Completion Fund Strategy
While the fate of the Build Back Better Act is currently unclear, there are parts of the proposed legislation that could survive in some form. One important part of the proposal is the College Completion Fund, a fund that could provide as much as $550 million for scaling evidence-based programs to improve retention and completion…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Submit Comments on Improving Students’ Access to Broadband Internet
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates provided feedback on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) plans for the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Higher Learning Advocates was pleased to submit comments for review, particularly as affordability of broadband, accessibility of broadband, as well as flexibility in how broadband is accessed and where…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates and 50 Partners Urge Congress to Increase CCAMPIS Funding
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 48 partner organizations sent a letter to Congress to express our strong support for increasing funding for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program to $500 million—the amount needed to provide child care support to approximately 6 percent of Pell-eligible student parents of children ages…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates and 24 Partners Urge Congress to Increase Access to Public Transportation on College Campuses
WASHINGTON — Today, 24 partner organizations joined Higher Learning Advocates to send a letter to Congress to express our strong support for the Promoting Advancement for Transit Help (PATH) to College Act, introduced by Representative Lamb (D-PA), Representative Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Representative Wilson (D-FL), and Representative Katko (R-NY). The PATH to College Act would create grants for public transit providers in…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Applauds the Administration’s Commitment to Today’s Students
Today’s students can not succeed in school if they are hungry, homeless, or lack access to critical supports like child care and reliable transportation. Today, the Biden Harris Administration made a historic commitment to today’s students by enabling colleges and universities to use pandemic recovery funds to meet students’ critical needs. They then go further…
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