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Growing Proportion of Part-Time Faculty Portends Problems

by LaMont Jones | July 30, 2019 The decline in tenured and tenure-track college and university faculty and the increase in nont Read more

New Coalition Advocates for College Equity, Affordability

by LaMont Jones | July 25, 2019
A new collaborative, The College Affordability Coalition, has formed to advocate for needed fed [...] Read more

Study: Cutting Federal Graduate Loans Would Harm Black Students, HBCUs

by LaMont Jones | July 22, 2019
Cuts to federal student loans for graduate and professional students could be devastating to Af [...] Read more

Groups Stick Up for Grad Students in Letter to Lawmakers

by LaMont Jones | July 16, 2019
A laundry list of 32 higher education interests, student organizations and science societies th [...] Read more

Higher Ed Civil Rights Coalition Releases Equity Prescription

by David Pluviose | July 10, 2019
The members of the Higher Ed Civil Rights Coalition have released a series of 10 policy briefs [...] Read more

Study: Young Americans’ Wages Same As Decade Ago

by LaMont Jones | June 4, 2019
Adjusted for inflation, young Americans are earning the exact wages their counterparts were pai [...] Read more

Promise Programs Boost College Access, But More Support Needed for Graduation

by LaMont Jones | April 27, 2019
As Congress takes up myriad issues relevant to upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education [...] Read more

Doing Better By Students When a College Closes

by LaMont Jones | April 23, 2019
Although college closures are not common occurrences, numerous factors suggest a continuing up [...] Read more

Legislative Summit Urges Community College Leaders to Advocate

by LaMont Jones | February 12, 2019
There’s a lot of important legislative and policy change afoot in higher education in 2019, a [...] Read more

Largest-Ever Congressional Black Caucus Sworn In

by LaMont Jones | January 3, 2019
The swearing-in Thursday of the 116th Congress included the largest class of the Congressional [...] Read more

Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering

by LaMont Jones | September 26, 2018
Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly d [...] Read more

‘Aim Higher Act’ House Bill Draws Praise from Higher Ed Groups

by LaMont Jones | July 25, 2018
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Univer [...] Read more

PWIs and HBCUs Need to Create Partnerships, Not Competition

by Brandon C.M. Allen and Levon T. Esters | June 15, 2018
Collaborative efforts between predominantly White institutions and historically Black colleges [...] Read more

Forum Advocates for Enhanced Hispanic Higher Education Legislation

by Tiffany Pennamon | April 9, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities convened educators and tho [...] Read more

Urban League’s Morial: Educational Equity Essential to Economic Empowerment

by Tiffany Pennamon | February 28, 2018
Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and current president and CEO of the National Urban [...] 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