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We try to understand college opportunity through careful research and by listening to the students and those who serve them. We combine concrete, tailored policy recommendations with passionate, sophisticated advocacy, nationally and in California.
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Scaling Student Success: A National Proposal
Increasing college attainment offers tremendous promise for increasing social mobility, tackling poverty, and reducing racial and income inequality, aspirations that are more vital than ever as the devastating impact of the pandemic has fallen disproportionately on people of color. Yet for too many policymakers and practitioners, the path to growing our college completion ...
Unheard Voices: The Case for Improving Higher Education Complaints System
Complaints are an essential tool not only to resolve student problems but also to identify patterns of widespread misconduct and take action to prevent ongoing harm to students and taxpayers. However, the current complaint landscape is complex and not well designed to serve students’ needs.
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Nationally, more than six in ten (62 percent) college seniors who graduated from public and private nonprofit colleges in 2019 had student loan debt. These borrowers owed an average of $28,950. (Student Debt and the Class of 2019)
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VIRTUAL EVENT | Scaling Student Success: A National Policy Proposal
Please join us as we unveil a bold new $1 billion proposal to send formula grants to states to scale comprehensive student success initiatives, and ultimately double the number of first generation, low-income, Black, Indigenous and Latino students who graduate from college.
Scaling Student Success: A National Proposal
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Scaling Student Success: A National Proposal
Increasing college attainment offers tremendous promise for increasing social mobility, tackling poverty, and reducing racial and income inequality, aspirations that are more vital than ever…
