This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The People Behind Postsecondary Success is an ongoing feature series sharing insights on the members of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postsecondary Success team. Art Seavey, senior program officer at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Universities are in trouble, and so is an economy more dependent on it than many people understand. Federal funding for basic research—more than half of it conducted on university campuses…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The “Yes Means Yes” bill was a big deal when Jerry Brown, the governor of California, signed it into law in 2014. Essentially, it requires all parties to get consent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released a new bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, to reform the nation’s tax code. The plan eliminates many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More Americans are going to college than ever before, but students face unprecedented challenges. Over 44 million Americans collectively hold more than $1.4 trillion in student loan debt and only…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The College Promise movement — which focuses on providing a free community college education to qualifying students — continues to gain traction, according to an annual update from the two-year-old College Promise Campaign.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every student deserves the opportunity to achieve their academic goals and aspirations, but cookie-cutter approaches to educational attainment often leave behind far too many students. For secondary students who experience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ten years ago this month, Congress enacted the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF), promising student debt forgiveness to workers who dedicated part of their careers to the public sector.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new research brief offers a stark portrait of the risks of being the first in your family to attend college. Only 20 percent of those “first-generation” college students earn…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bill Gates has given a rare, public shout out to a Georgia university for its work to improve its graduation rates. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and one of the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The San Francisco-based venture firm, which focuses exclusively on education technologies, aims to take advantage of the growth in schools’ broadband connectivity. Owl’s $100 million first fund, launched in 2015, included a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An estimated one in five women is sexually assaulted in college. In my experience at college and in my circle of peers, this figure rings true. I have heard countless stories…