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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Loosens Accreditor and State Oversight

by Sara Weissman | November 1, 2019 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the finalized rule for accreditation and stat Read more

Study: Debt Load Disparities Hamper K-12 Teacher Diversity

by David Pluviose | July 9, 2019
A new Center for American Progress report finds that the disproportionate student loan debt bur [...] Read more

Report: U.S. Degree-Attainment Disparities Persist

| June 27, 2019
College-degree attainment rates have improved over the past decade in the United States, with t [...] Read more

Report Targets Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality

by Pearl Stewart | May 5, 2019
African-American women are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to f [...] Read more

Experts Say Reauthorized HEA Must Promote Equity

| March 1, 2019
Institutional accountability and effective federal-state partnerships are keys to improving hig [...] Read more

Higher Ed Observers Slam Federal Reprieve for For-Profit Accreditor

| November 27, 2018
While a major accreditor of for-profit schools has won a conditional reprieve from Secretary of [...] Read more

Report Puts Focus on Mental Health Services for Asian Americans

by Lydia Lum | October 16, 2018
A new report lists multiple ways in which lawmakers and other thought leaders across the countr [...] Read more

Study: Black and Hispanic Students Get Lower Return on Higher Ed Investment

by Sammy G. Allen | May 25, 2018
Black and Hispanic graduates would have received 1 million more bachelor’s degrees between 20 [...] Read more

The Case for Diversity

by Arlen Meyers | May 10, 2018
I'm a privileged, old White guy who won the ovary lottery. Consequently, I was able to grow up [...] Read more

Higher Ed Policy Forum Encourages Action on Access, Affordability, Accountability

by Tiffany Pennamon | April 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Education Commission of the States’ Higher Education Policy Forum brought [...] Read more

Advocate Seeks Greater Student Voice in Governance

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | June 27, 2017
Rini Sampath, policy director at the National Campus Leadership Council, said that students sho [...] Read more

Report: Students Spend $1.3 Billion a Year on Remedial Courses

by Catherine Morris | September 28, 2016
Students spend $1.3 billion on remedial education in all 50 states and in the District of Colum [...] Read more

Panel: Undocumented Students Still Stressed Out

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | March 31, 2015
The temporary reprieve from deportation for certain undocumented students has helped, but the s [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice