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Unleashing the Power of Financial Aid to Equalize Postsecondary Education

Higher Education Today

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The Roots of Erasure Legislation in Education Policy

Academe Blog

BY LOGAN JOHNSON In 2020, state bans on teaching “divisive concepts” in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education began sweeping our nation.

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Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision. Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national education policy. As president of the Washington, D.C.-based

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Ep.93: Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?

Inside Higher Ed

The episode focuses less on the possible sale of Phoenix -- about which details remain sketchy -- than on the overall state of for-profit institutions, the changing definition of “for-profit” in higher education, and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training.

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Report: At Least More Than 2,000 Schools Typically Deliver Minimum Economic Return to Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million undergraduates, typically deliver the minimum economic return to students, according to a recent report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP). At least 2,414 institutions, enrolling 18.3 Improving college affordability can have a marked impact on the value students receive.

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Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs? Key Podcast

Inside Higher Ed

The episode focuses less on the possible sale of Phoenix—about which details remain sketchy—than on the overall state of for-profit institutions, the changing definition of “for-profit” in higher education and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training.

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To Surmount Economic Inequality, Colleges Must Prepare Students for Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Almost 90% of students whose family income places them in the top quintile of earnings decide to enroll in either a two or four-year college, while just over 50% of high school graduates coming from the lowest quintile of earnings go on to enroll in postsecondary education. We have this prevailing meritocracy aura in higher education.