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  • Higher Learning Advocates Submits Letter on FY 2023 Appropriations

    WASHINGTON (April 13, 2022) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates (HLA) submitted a letter outlining our support for key issues…

  • Higher Learning Advocates’ Statement on the Providing Assistance for Transit Help (PATH) to College Act

    WASHINGTON (November 18, 2021) — Today, Representative Lamb (D-PA), Representative Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Representative Wilson (FL-24), Representative Katko (NY-…

  • Adult Students

    Making College Work for Working People

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    The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the vital role that working people play in our nation and economy. Working people prepare…

  • Adult Students

    New Players are Emerging to Serve Returning Adult Learners—Federal Policy Needs to Reflect That.

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    2021 should be an eventful year for federal policy conversations related to postsecondary access and completion. However, much of…

  • Today’s Students Returning Adults Factsheet

    Adult students make up a growing share of today’s students, including adults returning to school, who are likely to…

  • Policy Toolkit 3.0

    Today’s students are more diverse than any previous generation of college students: they’re diverse in age, race, and income…

  • Press Release: Higher Learning Advocates and 29 Partners Applaud Passage of Resolution Creating First National Student Parent Month

    WASHINGTON (September 22, 2021) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 29 partner organizations sent a letter to Congress to…

  • Higher Learning Advocates & 29 Partners Applauds the Passage of the National Student Parent Month Resolution

    WASHINGTON (September 22, 2021) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 29 partner organizations sent a letter to Senator Tammy…

  • Higher Learning Advocates Testifies on the Department of Education’s Negotiated Rulemaking

    (WASHINGTON) June 24, 2020 — Today, Higher Learning Advocates' Senior Advocacy Director Tanya Ang delivered testimony regarding the Department…

  • Higher Learning Advocates’ Statement on the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act

    WASHINGTON (June 16, 2021) — Today, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Representative Mark…