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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…

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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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    For the Next Stimulus Package, Direct Aid to States for Public Higher Education

    As Congress prepares for another round of stimulus legislation this summer, the unprecedented financial challenges confronting public colleges and universities…

  • COVID-19

    Today’s Students Didn’t Need a Pandemic

    Today’s students didn’t need a pandemic. They didn’t need the added financial pressures, their kids at home, and their lives interrupted. They also didn’t need…

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    Working Together During the Crisis

    When I was asked to contribute to this blog, I wanted to sit down and write a piece full of professional assurance and effortless insight. Something pithy and …

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    The Future Economic Stability Depends on How Well Higher Education Can Adapt

    The great pandemic of 2020 has unarguably changed the way we do business and function in our day to day lives. Routines have been disrupted, and nothing feels …

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    Q&A with CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost José Luis Cruz

    The Higher Learning Advocates team sat down with José Luis Cruz, Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost at The City University of New York, to learn …

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    Does Covid-19 Hurt College Dreams Too? 

    There is no playbook for how to best respond to a global pandemic, and while it is virtually impossible to predict the lasting impact that COVID-19 will have o…

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