Ten student advocacy groups are teaming up to push for a reauthorization of the main federal higher education law,…
Meet Some of Today's StudentsWho are today’s students, where do they go to school, and how can policymakers better…
The Post-9/11 GI Bill of 2008 has increased postsecondary education participation rates of military service members and veterans.1 Such…
The Student Success Center Toolkit is a compilation of materials to assist Student Success Center executive directors as they…
Federal higher education policy has historically been designed to expand access to traditional two-and four-year academic degree programs, with…
In today’s economy, the demand for skilled workers is greater than ever before—with approximately 80 percent of jobs requiring…
AMERICA has helped service members transition from military to civilian life through the transformative powerof education since World War…
Too often, it is assumed that the average college student is the 19-year-old living in a dorm and studying…
This report presents data on adults’ training and education in the United States as of 2016. The report focuses…
As of 2011, 31 million adults in the United States had some college credit but had not earned a…
This research brief is the second in a series of four, exploring outcomes for recent high school graduates who…
Single student mothers are growing in both absolute numbers and as a share of the college population. Theyoften face…
The key to individual and societal success is today what it has always been: education. But the high school…
85% of Americans enrolled in postsecondary institutions are "non-traditional" learners. More than 1/4 of US college students are taking…
America’s middle class has lost a lot of its strength in recent decades due to a rapidly changing economy.…
Today's students are different than the students that federal policy is designed to serve. They are working adults, parents,…
Maryland
University of Maryland University College student John Englehart discusses his experiences as an adult learner and student parent.
Contributed by: Higher Learning Advocates (HLA)
Michigan
Georgetown University graduate and LEDA Scholar Aya Waller-Bey discusses her experience as a first-generation student and navigating the federal…
New York
We Need to Make Mental Health a Priority in CollegeI stared at my unfamiliar boney frame as I choked…
