Higher Learning Advocates and 29 Partners Applaud Passage of Resolution Creating First National Student Parent Month

WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 29 partner organizations sent a letter to Congress to applaud the Senate’s recent passage of S.Res. 362, National Student Parent Month. The resolution expresses the Senate’s support of the contributions and achievements of student parents and designates September 2021 as “National Student Parent Month.”  The letter, led by Higher…

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Higher Learning Advocates & 29 Partners Applauds the Passage of the National Student Parent Month Resolution

WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates and 29 partner organizations sent a letter to Senator Tammy Duckworth and Senator Jerry Moran to thank them for their commitment to student parents and to congratulate them on the passage of S.Res. 362, National Student Parent Month,  designating September 2021 as the first annual “National Student Parent Month.”…

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Higher Learning Advocates Testifies on the Department of Education’s Negotiated Rulemaking

WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates’ Senior Advocacy Director Tanya Ang delivered testimony regarding the Department of Education’s intent to establish negotiated rulemaking. You can read Tanya’s comments below. “Good afternoon. My name is Tanya Ang, and I am the Senior Advocacy Director at Higher Learning Advocates—a nonprofit advocacy organization working toward bipartisan federal policies…

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Higher Learning Advocates’ Statement on the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act

WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI), and House Education and Labor Committee Chair Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act, which would take important steps toward doubling the maximum Pell Grant award. Executive Director Julie Peller made the following…

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Parent, Provider, Employee and Student: Making it All Work

Editor’s Note: This article is an expanded story based on John Englehart’s video submission to Voices of Today’s Students,  a national campaign to educate policymakers about the demographic shift and experiences of the modern higher learning student, highlight their needs, and discuss policy barriers and solutions to increasing student success. My story as a non-traditional…

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