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…
Walmart’s Big College Tuition News: How Employers Are Stepping Up to Help More Working Adults Earn a Degree
Recently, retail giant Walmart, the largest private employer in the nation, made big news in higher education by announcing…
New Policy Toolkit Aims to Shift Federal Higher Education Policy to Better Serve Adults, Parents and Workers
Higher Learning Advocates releases policy recommendations retooling dated student aid and other federal policies to respond to the changing…
Policy Toolkit: Today’s Students
Actionable reform ideas aimed at modernizing federal student aid and other policies to better serve the emerging majority of…
Jose Luis Cruz’s Fight to Expand Opportunity for Today’s Students
Dr. José Luis Cruz has a national reputation as a powerful voice for equity, opportunity and accountability in higher…
An Advocate for Student Outcomes Shares What Higher Ed Can Learn from Health Care Administration
Barbara Damron was not only the first in her family to go to college, she was the first to…
Michele Siqueiros: A Leading Voice for Affordability, Access, Success and Equity in Higher Education
Policy matters, and it played an important role in Michele Siqueiros’ life. Effective college affordability policies provided her with…
Champions Network: Policy Principles
Download the Policy Principles one-pager to learn more about the five key federal policy issues supported by the Higher…
From the 101st Airborne to Tennessee’s State Higher Education Leader: Meet Mike Krause
Like many of “today’s students” who are working adults and come from diverse backgrounds, Mike Krause had to fight…
Reform Network Brings Rising State and Local Stars to National Higher Ed Policy Debates
Higher Learning Advocates announces inaugural members of its Champions Network, a new corps of bipartisan leaders applying breakthrough thinking…
[STATEMENT] Higher Education Priorities in FY18 Omnibus Spending Bill
Bipartisan agreement includes expanded aid for today’s students, including student parents, working adults and low-income students
The EvoLLLution: Putting Today’s Students Back at the Center of Federal Policies
"None of this will be easy. Technological, economic and demographic changes are happening at breakneck speed, continuously raising the…