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  • Letter to Congress from 56 Organizations on Supporting Student Parents Through CCAMPIS

    WASHINGTON (March 22, 2023) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 55 organizations sent a letter to the Subcommittee on…

  • Higher Learning Advocates Comments on OPM Guidance Review at U.S. Department of Education Hearing

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 9, 2023) — Tanya Ang, managing director, advocacy at Higher Learning Advocates, testified at a hearing…

  • Recommendations to Assess Low-Value Postsecondary Programs

    Today, Higher Learning Advocates submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in response to its request for…

  • Higher Learning Advocates Submits FY21 Priorities to House LHHS Committee

    WASHINGTON (March 23, 2020) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates submitted testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Labor, Health…

  • Joint Letter from HLA, TICAS, and CLASP on the FAFSA Simplification Act

    Higher Learning Advocates sent a joint letter with the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) and the Center…

  • Letter to House Education and Labor Committee: Accreditation in the College Affordability Act

    On Monday, October 28, Higher Learning Advocates, along with eight other groups, submitted a letter to the House Education…

  • Letter to House Education and Labor Committee: The College Affordability Act

    On October 28, Higher Learning Advocates sent a letter to leaders of the House Education and Labor Committee on…

  • Letter to House Education and Labor Committee: HEA Policy Recommendations

    On October 28, Higher Learning Advocates, along with ten other members of the Today's Students Coalition, sent a letter…

  • Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee: Protect Pell in FY20 Spending Bill

    On Monday, October 7, Higher Learning Advocates, along with 62 other groups, submitted a letter to the Senate Appropriations…

  • Higher Learning Advocates Submits Comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), SNAP

    Higher Learning Advocates submitted a comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the “Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the…

  • Higher Learning Advocates Submits Public Comment on Accrediting Agencies

    WASHINGTON (July 9, 2019) — Today, Higher Learning Advocates submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education on the…

  • Recommendations to Support Students of Color

    Today, Higher Learning Advocates submitted proposals in response to a request from Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), Senator Kamala Harris…