This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While his wife was in labor in the hospital with their third child, Joshua Castillo was in the waiting room completing a computer science final and two quizzes. By then…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black students who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are more satisfied with their college experiences than Black students who attend other types of postsecondary institutions, a new Urban Institute…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Miranda Hayes didn’t expect to graduate from high school, much less attend college. She faced extreme verbal bullying and demeaning comments from teachers when she got to high school in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender pay equity for college administrators is better at women-led schools than those helmed by men, but institutions — especially top research universities — have their work cut out for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pima Community College in Arizona has a host of new short-term certificate programs to help students become desirable job candidates in less than a year’s time. But the students can’t…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This brief underscores how the Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) program adapted very well during COVID-19 to support students. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With many of President Biden’s legislative priorities stalled, pressure is mounting on the administration to use executive authority to cancel student debts — a move that would substantially narrow racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ruth Jones lives on top of the world – her world, anyway. From nine stories high, she can gaze down at a sun-smothered, urban Arizona sprawl featuring a school she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The competition between colleges and universities looking to attract first-generation students is fierce. So what strategies should you use to attract them? A recent survey conducted by Niche looked at students whose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Workforce systems around the country are facing labor shortages. Forty-two states have more available jobs than workers, and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly a third of workers younger than 40…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colleges are entering a third calendar year defined by the pandemic. They had some reason for optimism in 2021, with federal aid and the wide availability of the coronavirus vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the pandemic, many students — especially those from historically underserved groups — were leaving high school unprepared for the educational demands of good jobs and too few were…