Insights & Outlooks

Featured Post

mental health

Campus Mental Health Awareness Leads Policy Efforts at the Federal and State Level

The mental health crisis on college campuses, prior to 2020, often referred to the overwhelming demand on campus mental…

COVID-19

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…

Racial Equity, Student Parents

Q&A With Nicole Lynn Lewis, Founder & CEO of Generation Hope

Nicole Lynn Lewis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Hope, which works to surround motivated teen…

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…

COVID-19

Reimagining Higher Ed for Equity and Student Parent Success

“Was higher ed designed for minority students?”  A student asked this question during a Temple University “Sociology of Education” class…

COVID-19, Innovation, Today's Students

Higher learning for a higher purpose: Fighting inequality in the ‘human work’ era

COVID-19 has upended the global economy with astonishing speed and severity. Millions have had their work environments drastically changed,…

COVID-19

"

I am in my senior year and want to take advantage of networking opportunities for my future career, but do I just become a non-present parent for my kids? Do I delay adjusting my immigration status until I am done with school, but risk losing status and being deported? What do I do? It’s a question no one else can answer for me.

"

Fall 2020: A Senior In The Making, A Mother Soon Breaking

I, like the rest of nearly four million student parents, am already juggling a million different tasks all at…

All Content

Submit site search
  • COVID-19, Student Voices

    Building a Packet for Success

    Back to school shopping should be an exciting time for many children and parents. Yet, for families that have to decide between a pack of binders or a pack of …

  • COVID-19, Student Voices

    Student Story: Illise Ellsworth, University of Utah

    Illise Ellsworth was transitioning from Salt Lake Community College to the University of Utah when the pandemic began. While finishing her last semester at Sal…

  • COVID-19, Student Voices

    Lack of Broadband Access is a Barrier to Our Pandemic Recovery

    In Alabama, COVID-19 has our state colored red for a reason other than its political party representation. Our state is considered a ‘hot spot’ due to the rapi…

  • Student Voices, Today's Students

    The Phoenix

    Here I lay on my pyre, contemplating change and my eventual rise. My rise was not certain because I was dying a slow death of isolation, shame, and the contemp…

  • Student Voices, The Higher Education Act

    The Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Is Essential for College Affordability

    The month of September signals change. It is the beginning of a new season, and for many, it is the start of a new school year. One thing that has not changed,…

  • Student Voices, Today's Students

    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 of difficulty and oppression.” For many coll…

Never miss an update