This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This overview is intended to help donors gain a deeper understanding of the U.S. education system and identify opportunities to address the root causes of inequitable outcomes for students. See…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students have been sent home to pursue their education online, instructors have been asked to translate decades of knowledge into a virtual format and institutions have been working overtime to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite such success stories, current US refugee policy may prevent the future Penziases of the world from attending US universities. Today the world is facing the largest migrant crisis in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When families huddle in the cold outside nursing home windows, you can see a COVID-19 tragedy unfolding. But a less visible pandemic tragedy is just now coming into view: college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A pair of new reports from Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings offers prognoses for the pandemic’s impact on colleges during 2021. Enrollment volatility will persist, the ratings agencies say. Moody’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To date, about 60 U.S. colleges offer ISAs, estimates Tonio DeSorrento, CEO of Vemo Education, which designs and services such agreements for universities and vocational educational programs. More common among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As colleges and universities continue to expand virtual teaching and learning, the need for dependable, robust technology has become even more clear. The learning management system (LMS) has played a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Presidents Forum, a network of 17 colleges, recently released a framework to help higher education institutions serve an increasingly diverse student body. The 10 principles comprising the framework include providing more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When we can let all this restart, and give the on-campus experience a chance to compete with the virtual, a generation that comes of age in the pandemic may not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do we keep our students actively engaged in a remote learning environment? Four months into this COVID-era academic year and this question still lingers for higher education administrators and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Several large universities are planning to increase coronavirus testing in the spring after seeing outbreaks in the fall. The University of Florida, the University of South Carolina, and the University…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A crisis shelter for battered women. A nonprofit that provides wigs and makeup for breast cancer patients. An organization that helps parents of children addicted to heroin. All three of…