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A Second Chance at Higher Education

Growing up in a low socioeconomic area in Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by gangs, violence, and drugs, I never thought…

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Student Parents and the Opportunity to Support Multiple Generations of Families

For 14 years, I have been an Institutional Researcher at Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, NY. On March…

Adult Students, COVID-19, Pathways, Today's Students

Rethinking PLA: The Urgency of Counting Prior Learning

As the country works toward economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are at least 10…

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The Two-Faced Promise of Higher Education

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The four-year college degree has long been the gold standard and the surest gateway to economic opportunity in the…

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  • Pathways, Quality & Outcomes

    Employers are a critical piece of higher education reform

    Companies are finding it difficult to fill open positions, saying they simply can’t find workers with the right qualifications. The half-life of skills continu…

  • Affordability, Pathways, Quality & Outcomes, Today's Students

    The Student Success Movement’s Next Push: Career Services: A Q&A with Bridget Burns, Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance

    Earlier this month, the University Innovation Alliance announced its next scale project, with a cohort of seven institutions teaming up to close the gap betwee…

  • Affordability, Innovation, Pathways, Quality & Outcomes, Today's Students

    Equity: Everything and the Kitchen Sink

    Equity seems to be the “it” term of the day when it comes to student success and college completion. You’d be hard pressed to find an institutional strategic p…

  • Affordability, Quality & Outcomes, The Higher Education Act

    Incentivizing Equity: A Q&A with University of Northern Colorado Professor Amy Li

    Insights & Outlooks: Your work centers on the topic of state higher education accountability policies and their impact on educational equity. In a few sent…

  • Affordability, Quality & Outcomes, Today's Students

    Beating the Odds in Tennessee: A Q&A with Kenyatta Lovett, Executive Director of Complete Tennessee

    Insights & Outlooks: Can you share more about your personal story and why equity in higher education matters to you?Kenyatta Lovett: My higher education st…

  • Accreditation, Quality & Outcomes

    Seeing the Forest Beyond the Trees: Connections in Negotiated Rulemaking

    The US Department of Education’s (ED) proposals for new regulations presented to the negotiating team in the current negotiated rulemaking (aka “neg reg”) are …

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