This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent racial-discrimination lawsuit against Harvard (contending that the school’s practices harm minority applicants, specifically Asian Americans) puts the whole college application process in the spotlight: Is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Hallie Busta at Education Dive talks with Marni Baker Stein about the growing tension between traditional postsecondary education and the rise of online education options and how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Education Dive, Hallie Busta provides a few steps that all colleges should take to regain public trust in the application process amongst recent admission scandals. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Two educators at Northeastern University share how their experiential learning classes are helping students solve problems and creating future social change agents. • Can other higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Whitmire argues that elite colleges should admit more first-generation students, who will benefit the most from the experience. • How can funders help first-generation students make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Josh Wyner, writing for The Aspen Institute, discusses how the best community colleges can enact reforms effectively to help foster social mobility and develop talent. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edgar Villanueva says the philanthropy sector mirrors the college cheating scandal: Funders often fail to see how their own personal behavior contributes to injustice and instead…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Sandy Baum argues that incremental reform is insufficient for the Federal Work-Study Program, which supplies funding for students to be paid to work while they are in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Johnson and Ryan Kinney explain how qualified high schoolers are prevented from attending college by cost or are saddled with debt when they graduate or drop out. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A bipartisan bill in Colorado bans four-year colleges from giving students placement exams for remedial courses after finding that they are holding many individuals back from…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Education Design Lab identifies five models for rising to the challenges that colleges face: falling trust, high costs, and college to career transitions. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tiffany Jones explains that free college tuition in insufficient to close race and wealth gaps in college attainment because disadvantaged students need additional supports. • What type of…