Aid and Innovation
Financial aid is an effective and necessary policy lever to promote college-completion pathways, says this report from Jobs for the Future. The report examines how state policy leaders and financial aid experts are overcoming financial aid rules and regulations with innovative solutions that help more students, especially low-income student, progress toward a postsecondary credential. More »
Left Out. Forgotten? Recent High School Graduates and the Great Recession
The cost of a higher education remains an obstacle for many young high school graduates. Despite a widespread recognition that they will need further education, only 38 percent say they definitely plan to attend college in the next few years, according to this report by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. More »
The Economic Case for Higher Education
Higher education is both a pathway to individual economic advancement and a key factor for improving intergenerational mobility, according to this report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Education. The report shows that without a degree, children born to parents in the lowest income bracket have a 45-percent chance of staying there as adults. With a degree, they have less than a 20-percent chance of remaining there. More »
Closing the Door, Increasing the Gap
The “open-door” policy of community colleges has become closed to more of the nation’s neediest students due to insufficient funding, says this report, from the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education. The report notes that more community colleges are “rebooting” their curriculums, putting emphasis on narrow job training and less on the education necessary to achieve a bachelor’s degree. More »
College Institutions & Restructuring
Lumina President Jamie Merisotis discusses how a redesign of higher education is necessary in order to make it more affordable and accessible in this video from Nightly Business Report.
