Giving Compass’ Take: • American Enterprise Institute and Third Way offer two areas for improvement to boost college completion rates: college choice and addressing poor performance. • How can philanthropy support…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Andy Van Kleunen, writing The Hechinger Report, discusses why higher education institutions should understand and value the needs of working families enrolled in college courses. • Community…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Atlantic, Adam Harris discusses the start of the student-debt debate and how Democratic Party leaders have gone from small increases in grants to large-scale…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reports on Smith College’s unusual commencement tradition where students play musical chairs with their diplomas. • Folkloric rituals like these throughout the college trajectory…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert F. Smith, billionaire and philanthropist, surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement by announcing he would pay off their student loans. • The gift is estimated…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Adam Harris at The Atlantic, discusses the inequalities related to education access within parts of rural America and offers recommendations on how to address education deserts. •…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot explain that many middle-class students attend community colleges, making them a strong starting point for buoying the middle class. • How can…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from the Hope Center at Temple University revealed that many students attending colleges in Chicago experienced housing or food insecurity. • How are colleges…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsey Burke discusses how for-profit colleges are finding success because they are helping a segment of students that have historically been underserved by traditional universities. • Regulations, when…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • Patricia Gándara and Joy Ee surveyed educators across the United States and found that immigration enforcement has significant negative impacts on public education. • How can funders…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Pacific Foundation Services, Eunice Valentine addresses the real college admissions scandal: Inequitable preparation for and access to college, and the barriers that prevent so many…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: · In this issue brief from The Heritage Foundation, Lindsey Burke discusses the major improvements needed in higher education and how to ease the burden of federal regulation. ·…