“Public colleges and universities were designed to serve the educational needs of those who live in the state. To uphold that mission, some schools and states set enrollment caps or limit the number of out-of-state students that can be admitted each year. There are still incentives for public universities to accept out-of-state students, howe...

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In the wake of two years that have upended the financial and educational well-being of millions of students, emergency aid has become a watchword of the day for many higher education institutions. Once thought of as “point solutions” used by a relatively small number of colleges and universities, cash assistance programs are now increasingly co...

Teen Vogue by Rainesford Stauffer “Cradle to College is a three-part series examining the realities that teen parents face in trying to access four-year college — from lack of structural support to stigma — and how they plan to shift the notion of what a “traditional” college experience is, and who “average” studen...

While the fate of the Build Back Better Act is currently unclear, there are parts of the proposed legislation that could survive in some form. One important part of the proposal is the College Completion Fund, a fund that could provide as much as $550 million for scaling evidence-based programs to improve retention and completion…

WASHINGTON — Today, Higher Learning Advocates provided feedback on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) plans for the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Higher Learning Advocates was pleased to submit comments for review, particularly as affordability of broadband, accessibility of broa...

In early 2020, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education released its fourth strategic plan, Reaching Higher in a State of Change, which provides a vision and a blueprint focused on pathways for student success from the recent high school graduate to the returning adult—ensuring greater economic opportunity and a stronger Indiana. The Commissio...

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the vital role that working people play in our nation and economy. Working people prepare hospital equipment and treat patients; they manufacture and distribute essential goods; they keep the internet and other critical utilities operating.  While scores of working people have kept our country running during the pa...

2021 should be an eventful year for federal policy conversations related to postsecondary access and completion. However, much of the national discussion has centered on removing barriers to traditional higher education. Such approaches rarely account for the needs of the adult learners that are now the majority on college campuses or those learner...

Growing up in a low socioeconomic area in Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by gangs, violence, and drugs, I never thought that college was a place for me. Instead, as a teen, I envisioned myself selling drugs, robbing people, and spending most of my days in prison. So when I was 20 years old and was sentenced…

“Emily Bouck West, deputy executive director for ​​Higher Learning Advocates, which has been lobbying for broadband affordability programs for students, was pleased that the report details students’ struggles with broadband access. ‘It’s great that we have more data about the challenges that so many students are experiencing...

“The infrastructure bill would be a really big win for Pell students if it were to be enacted as it is right now,” said Emily Bouck West, deputy executive director at Higher Learning Advocates, which has been lobbying for broadband affordability programs for students. “It will mean greater broadband access and greater success for ...