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 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...

On June 20, 2019, Emily Bouck West, deputy executive director of Higher Learning Advocates, spoke with Spectrum Bay News 9 on proposals that would help today’s students repay their federal student loans. Watch the full interview below.  

This month, Julie Peller, executive director at Higher Learning Advocates, argues in the Atlantic that the 2007 increase to the maximum Pell Grant was long overdue. Read the complete article here.