Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework
January 08, 2020 by Gabriela Montell Colleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, a higher education degree remains out of reach.…
Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
December 17, 2019 by Gabriela Montell Meet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour shifts as a nursing assistant to support her two kids, Sancia…
How Affordable Are Public Colleges in Your State?
December 17, 2019 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr., J. Oliver Schak For millions of college-going students, one of the most urgent concerns is the rising cost of college and how…
Hasan Minhaj is Right: Public Colleges Today Force Students to Take on Debt or Work Too Much
December 17, 2019 by EdTrust New Ed Trust Research Sheds Light on the Adage That Students From Low-Income Backgrounds Can Work Their Way Through College WASHINGTON (December 17, 2019) — The idea that students from…
It’s Time for Congress to Act on Higher Education Reform
November 08, 2019 by Courtney Bollig Fifty-four years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, creating the framework for the system of higher education that students, programs, colleges,…
College Affordability Act Would Advance Higher Education Opportunity and Improve Outcomes
October 31, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. The full House should take up this comprehensive Higher Education Act reauthorization ASAP WASHINGTON (October 31, 2019) – Today, Wil Del Pilar, vice president of higher education at The Education…
Trends in Enrollment and Degree Equity at Public Four-Year Colleges: 2001-2016
October 22, 2019 by J. Oliver Schak According to our recent Broken Mirrors reports and web-based State Equity Report Card, few states are doing enough to ensure that their public two- and four-year colleges enroll and graduate…
Getting To & Through College: Joscelyn Guzman
September 30, 2019 by Gabriela Montell More Latinos are going to college than ever before, but as Joscelyn Guzman, a first-generation Mexican-American learned firsthand, getting there is the first of many hurdles on the road to…
Americans Are Split on College Costs and Who Should Pay
September 25, 2019 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. This is a repost from New America’s EdCentral Policy Blog. You can find the original post here. New America recently released its third annual Varying Degrees survey, which examines Americans’…