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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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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