Successfully navigating the college experience is not easy, particularly for today’s students.  Knowing where and from whom to get help can mean the difference between success or failure for students of color and those with low incomes who are opportunity youth, adults, parents, immigrants, first-generation college attendees, or justice-impact...

Higher Learning Advocates submitted a comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the “Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).” Download the complete comment here.

WASHINGTON (September 9, 2019) – Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, made the following statement regarding the “Empower Parents in College Act” introduced on September 9 by Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD): “At a time when twenty-four percent of today’s students are parent learners and child care expenses avera...

Higher Learning Advocates Executive Director Julie Peller argues that competency-based education (CBE) requires a unique approach in Education Dive. Read the entire article here.

I first heard about CMT’s “Empowering Education” initiative late last year when the country music network announced it would stage free concerts at four Tennessee community colleges this spring to encourage more Tennesseans to attend college. The concerts were targeted toward our colleges primarily serving rural areas where college-going rate...

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho and Rep. Elijah Cummings introduced the “Safeguarding Student Veterans Act,” which would increase “coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education “through pushing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs “to better understand and track the risks that certain schools po...

Higher Learning Advocates supports Congresswoman Donna Shalala’s amendment on the U.S. Department of Defense Tuition Assistance funds in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read the entire article at Florida Daily here.

Higher Learning Advocates joins with “groups representing veterans, working adults and historically underrepresented students” to form the Today’s Students Coalition to advocate for postsecondary policies that support their success. Read the entire article from Inside Higher Ed here.

Higher Learning Advocates expresses our strong support for the Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2019. This legislation would provide college students who may be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with eligibility and application information and would require the Department of Education to collect data on food and hou...

Higher Learning Advocates and nine other education advocacy groups launched the Today’s Students Coalition. Today’s students are more diverse in age, race, and income than any previous generation. The Today’s Students Coalition advocates for postsecondary policies that support their success through three core policy principles: creating robus...

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 college students in America, that definition accurately describes their college experience. Gone are the days when average students could aim to attend college out of pocket and stress-free w...

A Q&A with Jonell Sanchez, Vice President of Education Solutions for The National Student Clearinghouse Insights & Outlooks: There is currently a ban on the creation of a federal student unit record system, but there is increased interest from policymakers in understanding student success metrics– specifically around persistence and...