Today’s Students

  • Media Analysis: Today’s Students

    In partnership with the Education Writers Association and Whiteboard Advisors, Higher Learning Advocates conducted an analysis of media coverage…

  • Fact Sheet on Student Caregivers

    Research on student parents and their unique challenges commissioned by Higher Learning Advocates.Nearly a quarter of today’s students are…

  • Serving Students Screener

    College is supposed to be a path towards upward social mobility for all students, yet our current higher education…

  • Miami Dade Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree

    Jose Thompson arrived at Miami Dade College in 2005, ready to pursue an associate degree. On a student visa…

  • The Phoenix

    Here I lay on my pyre, contemplating change and my eventual rise. My rise was not certain because I…

  • A New Model for Adult Learners

    Nearly half of the American higher education population consists of working adults—over age 24, attending college part time, and…

  • Remember the Working Adult College Student

    According to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the fall 2019 college enrollment included 12.5 million students under age…

  • One Student at a Time

    Higher education has served an important role in facilitating national, state, local, and household well-being and prosperity. However, as…

  • Listening to Learners: What Non-Completers Have to Tell Us About Education Policy

    Policymakers recognize that to remain competitive in a global, tech-enabled world, the United States will need an ever more…

  • Adults Completing Degrees—How Tackling A Persistent Problem Creates New Value

    The urgency to integrate adult learners into national and regional economic growth plans is—finally—tangible. Colleges and universities are reporting…

  • North Carolina Embraces the Challenge of Affordability and Quality in Higher Education

    North Carolina is embracing the challenge facing many states to address issues of affordability and quality in higher education,…

  • Working Americans Want “Equal Time” in the Presidential Debates about Higher Education

    The working men and women of Iowa would like some “equal time” in the higher education debates currently crisscrossing…