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Policy Resources
Higher Learning Advocates Submits Testimony on FY 2020 Appropriations
May 21, 2019
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Addressing Funding for the U.S. …
Policy Resources
[STATEMENT] Higher Learning Advocates Responds to the Department of Education’s Experimental Sites Initiatives
May 20, 2019
Washington, D.C. (May 20th, 2019) — Today, Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, released a statement responding to the U.S. Departmen…
Press
Trump Wants to Use Extra Pell Money for NASA. But That Surplus Is There for a Good Reason.
May 14, 2019
Julie Peller is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education where she argues that it is critical to preserve the Pell surplus in case of a future economic down…
Press
Inside Higher Ed: Bridging the Gap on Accountability
April 25, 2019
Emily Bouck West was quoted in Inside Higher Ed where she argues for using metrics other than the cohort default rate to hold institutions of higher education …
Press, Op-eds
Real Clear Education: Four Ways Congress Can Help A New Generation of Students
April 24, 2019
Julie Peller’s latest op-ed discusses ways policymakers can better align federal policy to ensure the success of today’s students.
Press
Training Industry: Workforce Development in 2019: U.S. Policy and Practice
April 12, 2019
In an interview with Training Industry, Emily Bouck West argues that stakeholders and policymakers should work to build stronger linkages between the higher ed…
Policy Resources
Higher Education Act Recommendations
April 10, 2019
Higher Learning Advocates is working to shift federal policy from higher education to higher learning—education and training beyond high school that leads to a…
News Releases
New Policy Toolkit Looks Beyond Financial Aid to Support Shifting Student Demographics
April 2, 2019
Higher Learning Advocates releases policy recommendations retooling dated student aid and other federal policies to respond to the changing needs and education…
Policy Resources
Today’s Students Policy Toolkit 2.0: Practical Solutions to the Most Common Federal Policy Barriers
April 2, 2019
Actionable reform ideas aimed at modernizing federal student aid and other policies to better serve the emerging majority of today’s students
Press
College students of the future could get their career prep from private companies, not universities
April 1, 2019
Julie Peller was quoted in Market Watch where she argued that the current higher education system is not designed to reflect the demographics of today's colleg…
Press
NPR: College Completion Rates Are Up, But The Numbers Will Still Surprise You
March 13, 2019
Julie Peller was quoted in an NPR segment on college completion, where she argued that today's students need to not only complete, but also see an economic ret…
Press
Education Dive: 5 ideas for change in higher ed from SXSW EDU
March 12, 2019
Julie Peller participated in a panel at SXSW EDU where she discussed why it is critical for policymakers and institutions of higher education to better underst…

News

Higher Learning Advocates Submits Testimony on FY 2020 Appropriations

[STATEMENT] Higher Learning Advocates Responds to the Department of Education’s Experimental Sites Initiatives

Trump Wants to Use Extra Pell Money for NASA. But That Surplus Is There for a Good Reason.

Inside Higher Ed: Bridging the Gap on Accountability

Real Clear Education: Four Ways Congress Can Help A New Generation of Students

Training Industry: Workforce Development in 2019: U.S. Policy and Practice

Higher Education Act Recommendations

New Policy Toolkit Looks Beyond Financial Aid to Support Shifting Student Demographics

Today’s Students Policy Toolkit 2.0: Practical Solutions to the Most Common Federal Policy Barriers

College students of the future could get their career prep from private companies, not universities

NPR: College Completion Rates Are Up, But The Numbers Will Still Surprise You

Education Dive: 5 ideas for change in higher ed from SXSW EDU