Survey Reveals Gap Between Public and Policymakers When it Comes to Understanding Today’s College Students
Higher Learning Advocates research finds pop culture archetype still holds sway with many in the general public while policymakers…
Higher Education Act Reauthorization at 10: More Innovations Since 2008
What a difference ten years makes. Over ten years ago, on August 14, 2008, President George W. Bush signed…
Accreditation, Innovation and Higher Education’s Employment Imperative
Can alternative providers offer better career outcomes for students?
Student Voice: the Ultimate Higher Education Innovation?
Student-centric change depends on our ability to incorporate student voice early and often.
Built in Detroit: Strengthening the Motor City’s Talent Pipeline
An update from the field: why the Detroit Chamber is engaging businesses to promote equity
Unveiling the New TodaysStudents.org
How well do you know today's students? Their stories may surprise you.Over the past few months, we’ve been reaching…
Hearing Student Voice: Why Telling the Story Matters in Federal Policy
Too often, myths and misconceptions take root that contradict student realities
Hechinger Report: Is college enrollment among older adults increasing? Depends who you ask
Julie Peller is quoted in a Hechinger Report article looking at trends in adult student enrollment
Today’s Students and the Evolving Equity Movement in Higher Education
Responding to new disparities affecting adults, parents and others continues the work begun by civil rights pioneers generations ago
FAFSA Verification Melt is Trending for All The Wrong Reasons
A sensible and necessary federal bookkeeping process is intimidating and confusing for students, and that needs to change.
Student Voice: A First-Generation Advocate for Equity in Education
Our interview with Moises Roman Mendoza, Williams College Class of 2019
The Glossary of Higher Education Policy
Learn to speak higher ed wonk with our new glossary of higher education policy, which provides concise definitions of…
101: Competency-Based Education
This new 101 from Higher Learning Advocates for a quick read on what CBE is, and why CBE is…
Campus to Congress: What policymakers can learn from today’s student affairs
Executive Director Julie Peller and NASPA President Kevin Kruger wrote an op-ed in The Hill urging a revamp of…
Reclaiming Degrees, Restoring Opportunity: A Student-Centric Policy Idea
Our nation’s higher education policies must be designed in ways that are attentive to the needs of today’s students
Parent, Provider, Employee and Student: Making it All Work
Balancing the demands of academics, parenthood, full-time work and commuting—all in pursuit of the degree
Changing Higher Education Means Changing the Dialogue
A more robust higher education discourse for a wide-open future, not a narrowing past
The Big Fix: Rethinking Education and Workforce
Could a Department of Talent unify disconnected efforts to close workforce and educational gaps?
New Higher Education Campaign Launches to Highlight Changing Experiences of Today’s Students Through Their Stories
Voices of Today’s Students campaign shares stories about the triumphs and tribulations students face and the various pathways they…
State Leaders Press for Student-Centered Higher Education Policies
National higher education policy should be built around the needs and priorities of students, who are taking different pathways…