The budding tradition of walking the stage with loved ones marks a shift in how colleges are engaging with students from nontraditional backgrounds and elevates the often-unspoken contributions of family members.
Financial aid experts worry the hurdles could discourage students from immigrant families from applying for financial aid at all, or put them off college altogether. Students from immigrant families have been getting stuck trying to add their parents as "contributors," a new step that requires parents to verify their identity. There's no option on the […]
"I don't believe in this concept of stop-and-go: You stop high school and go into college. I believe we have to hold their hands and make sure they make it," says Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres.
A faculty mentor who encourages a student's goals and dreams is the single most crucial factor for personal and professional success. The research shows it—and so does the trajectory of my life.
The Biden administration has quietly pushed back against a plan by the University of California to allow thousands of young people without legal immigration status to hold campus jobs. Through a series of recent calls, the Department of Homeland Security pressed UC officials to reconsider what it saw as a direct challenge to federal law […]
Some policy pushes have enjoyed bipartisan support, such as addressing hazing on college campuses. Others, however, have been more aligned across political lines, like dismantling DEI.
States facing a shortage of resources to support a yearlong influx of migrants are turning institutions' gymnasiums and shacked-up dorms to shoulder some of the weight. Responses from the schools and their communities have been mixed.
To fend off college stop-out rates and invite more underrepresented students to enroll, non-profits are creating battle-tested blueprints to raise the bar.
NASPA reports that half of today's college students come from parents who have not earned a bachelor's degree. Do you know where they are and what they look like?
Universities are expanding their menu of optional graduation events focused on participants' identities and segregated by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and even income. Georgetown University, the University of Oklahoma, Illinois State University and Grand Valley State University in Michigan are among the growing number of schools holding special ceremonies for Black graduates in upcoming weeks as […]
