The summer will see the biggest shake-up to federal student aid in decades. New borrowing caps, the elimination of Grad PLUS loans, and altered Pell Grant eligibility all take effect this July, presenting students and families with yet another wave of complexities to decode. But these changes are just the latest wrinkles in a process […]
Those of us working most closely with students know that persistence does not happen because a resource exists. It happens because a student is ready to engage in it.
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Seven years after Kentucky replaced remedial education with a statewide corequisite model, the state's students are progressing farther and faster through college.
In the moments that define institutions—enrollment cliffs, program closures, funding crises—it is not governance structures or strategic plans that determine the outcome.