"In general, an increased focus on non-traditional educational pathways to meaningful employment is welcome. Institutions of higher education and…
"None of this will be easy. Technological, economic and demographic changes are happening at breakneck speed, continuously raising the…
"We need to ensure students in economically distressed communities use their federal aid at institutions with the strongest outcomes—not…
In a new special report on adult learners, The Chronicle of Higher Education featured executive director Julie Peller and board member Teresa…
“Issues of quality, outcomes and accountability are on the forefront of members’ minds in a way they haven’t been…
"...As Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, pointed out, despite Congress’s best intentions to move away from…
"Today’s college student isn’t the same student Virginia Foxx went to school with. And as it turns out, it…
A new policy framework identifies a three-pronged plan to shift the focus of federal policy from higher education to…
The PROSPER Act, in its current form, extends Pell eligibility to short-term programs that are at least 300 clock…
The new majority of students are more likely to be older, have children, be financially independent, and be at…
The nation's signature higher education law, the Higher Education Act (HEA), hasn't been updated since 2008—before the peak of…
"A new higher education advocacy group — Higher Learning Advocates — has emerged to specifically focus on nontraditional students and federal…
