Florida Daily: Elijah Cummings Working With Florida Congressman to Help Veterans at Colleges, Universities
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho and Rep. Elijah Cummings introduced the “Safeguarding Student Veterans Act."
Inside Higher Ed: Groups Align to Advocate for Today’s Students
Higher Learning Advocates joins with groups to form the Today's Students Coalition.
Higher Learning Advocates Endorses “Closing the Hunger Gap Act”
Higher Learning Advocates expresses our strong support for the Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019.
Bloomberg Government: Students to Keep Pressing Congress for Higher Education Update
Higher Learning Advocates and nine other education advocacy groups launched the Today’s Students Coalition.
Persistence and Retention at Colleges and Universities
The dictionary definition of persistence is having a “firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite…
An In-depth Look at Student Enrollment Factors
A Q&A with Jonell Sanchez, Vice President of Education Solutions for The National Student Clearinghouse Insights & Outlooks: There…
The HBCU Leader Creating a Revolutionary New Model for Urban, Career-Based Learning
For most college presidents, converting the school’s football field into an organic farm would be a career-ending move. For…
How Can We Better Support Latinx Students?
My mother was raised in a low-income Mexican-American family. With this background she never imagined college as an option…
An Insider’s Look at Postsecondary Education in Louisiana
A Q&A with Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Commissioner, Louisiana Commission of Higher Education Today’s students are more diverse, older and…
Supporting First-Generation Students: The Power of Peers
Attending college as a first-generation or low-income student can be a difficult path. Though neither of my parents graduated…
What “Persistence and Retention” Means for Adult Learners
In an era when declining enrollment looms large, and the demographics of higher education are undergoing an unprecedented shift.…
[STATEMENT] Higher Learning Advocates Responds to the Department of Education’s Release of the Final Gainful Employment Rule
WASHINGTON (June 28, 2019) – Today, Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, released a statement responding to…
State Profiles
What does the higher education landscape look like in each state? How do a state’s postsecondary attainment numbers compare…
Transforming the Transcript
Flipping the Script: Making sure all learning counts.“I was worried I would not be able to find a job…
Capturing All Learning, and Documenting It, Too
Elon University serves as one of the leaders in experiential education, expanding students’ knowledge beyond the classroom to the…
A Chamber Executive Who Advocates for Higher Education and Workforce Priorities
Tony Carvajal was born to immigrant parents who came to the United States from Cuba pursuing opportunity. They had…
The Digital Badge Revolution
For better or worse, we live in a society in which credentials are currency. A credential is a signal…
Backgrounder: Evolving Models of Postsecondary Learning
Today’s students—who are more likely to be workers, parents, returning adults, veterans, and more—may have postsecondary education experiences and…
To Unlock the Value of the Degree, Break It Down: How Digital Credentials Might Bend the Curve on Degree Skepticism
Less than half of Americans now believe that going to college will pay off with higher lifetime earnings. And…
101: Career and Technical Education
Today, Higher Learning Advocates and Advance CTE released a 101-level explainer on career and technical education (CTE)—a type of…