Posts Tagged ‘Adult Students’
Brenda Brooks dropped out of college 40 years ago. Federal rules mean she can’t afford to go back.
Lately, Englewood native Brenda Brooks has had a tough time finding work. The 60-year-old has decades of experience at CVS and the historic Regal Theater in Avalon Park. But recently, prospective employers have told her, “ ‘You have the qualifications, but this requires you to have a degree,’ ” she said. “And I don’t have…
Read MoreThe Hidden Financial Aid Hurdle Derailing College Students
At 19, Elizabeth Clews knew attending community college while balancing a full-time job and caring for a newborn would be hard. But she wanted to give it a shot. After a few months, the single mom, who had just exited the foster care system, realized she wasn’t doing well enough to pass her classes at…
Read More‘Modernizing Postsecondary Policy to Better Support Adult Learners’: A Special Report
Inside Higher Ed published a new special report, “Modernizing Postsecondary Policy to Better Support Adult Learners,” with insight provided by HLA’s Julie Peller, executive director, and Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, managing director of policy and research. This free, print-on-demand report explores how current federal and state policies can impede working learners, veterans, student parents and other…
Read MoreCampaign to Increase Child Care Access for Today’s Students Gains More Support
WASHINGTON – Today, Higher Learning Advocates sent a letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education that shows growing support from 54 organizations for HLA’s ongoing efforts to increase funding for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program. The letter urges Congress to boost CCAMPIS funding to $500…
Read MoreThe Hill: Creating opportunities that will lead to a sustaining wage, economic mobility
“This Election Day, exit polling showed that voters’ overwhelming motivations were economic worries. The next Congress has a voter mandate to work with the White House to move quickly to enact policies that will lower costs for families. While lowering daily expenses in the short-term are needed, true economic recovery must also include pathways for…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates and 29 Partners Ask Congress to Restore Access to Federal Student Aid
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 29 partners wrote a letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education urging Congress to consider a Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) reset. Allowing a reset of SAP requirements will maximize college students’ persistence and success in their postsecondary education by supporting them in maintaining…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates, 43 Partners Applaud Bipartisan Resolution Declaring September 2022 Second Annual National Student Parent Month
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 43 partner organizations sent a letter to Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) to thank them for their continued commitment to parenting students and to congratulate them on the passage of S.Res.777, designating September 2022 as the second annual “National Student Parent Month.” You can read…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates and 41 Partners Urge Congress to Increase CCAMPIS Funding
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 40 partner organizations wrote a letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education expressing strong support for increasing funding for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Program to $500 million— the amount needed to provide roughly 100,000 more parenting college students…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates Submits Letter on FY 2023 Appropriations
WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates (HLA) submitted a letter outlining our support for key issues as the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education begins the FY 2023 appropriations process. In the letter, HLA urged the subcommittee to consider investments in essential child care, higher education, and campus mental health programs. Read…
Read MoreHigher Learning Advocates’ Statement on the Providing Assistance for Transit Help (PATH) to College Act
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Lamb (D-PA), Representative Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Representative Wilson (FL-24), Representative Katko (NY-24), and Senator Casey (D-PA) introduced the ‘Providing Assistance for Transit Help (PATH) to College Act’’, which would take important steps toward ensuring today’s students have adequate access to public transportation to and from campus. Executive Director Julie Peller made the…
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