Getting To & Through College: The Benefits of Taking Advanced Coursework
Colleges are the pipeline to good jobs and the middle class, yet for many students of color and students…
Getting To & Through College: “If It’s Not Paid For, I’m Not Going”
Meet Sancia Celestin, a senior at George Mason University. Raised by her mother, a Haitian immigrant who works 12-hour…
11 Questions Equity Advocates have for the 2020 Presidential Candidates
If you’ve followed the 2020 Democratic debates thus far, you know that education issues have only scratched the nationally…
It’s Time for Congress to Act on Higher Education Reform
Fifty-four years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, creating the…
Getting To & Through College: Joscelyn Guzman
More Latinos are going to college than ever before, but as Joscelyn Guzman, a first-generation Mexican-American learned firsthand, getting…
Second Chances are Real — Let’s Make Sure More Students Get Them
In the past four years, my life has transformed for the better. I am a newlywed with a full-time…
Broken Mirrors II: How Many Latino Students Are at Public Colleges & Universities? Not As Many As There Should Be.
September 15 marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage month, when we honor the many cultural and economic contributions…
How Policymakers Can Help Higher Education Better Serve Students
So far, several Democratic presidential candidates have put forth various ambitious plans that could potentially help college students: from…
From the Classroom to the Polls: The Importance of Student Voting
As the 2020 presidential election comes closer, the stakes are especially high to get out the vote. While voter…
What Happens When Incarceration Meets Education
Lifting the ban on Pell Grants for incarcerated students is one of Ed Trust’s policy priorities for higher education…
What It Means to Be Nonbinary and How to Be an LGBTQ Ally
I often tell people that my English pronouns are they/them and that I identify as trans (specifically nonbinary). This…
Higher Education Behind and Beyond Bars: A Father and Son Story
I sat with my back pressed into cold, hard wood as I stared into the big brown eyes across…
Getting To & Through College: Tiffany Jones
In the first installment of our new series, an African American, first-generation college graduate recalls the struggles of going…
Broken Mirrors: 6 Takeaways on Black Student Representation at Public Colleges and Universities
It’s commencement season. As we honor the thousands of graduating students getting their diplomas, we should pause to consider…
Student Voices: Hearing and Supporting Native/Indigenous Students
I was born and raised in the central part of the Navajo Nation in a town called Chinle, which…
The Forgotten Children: Students Who Have an Incarcerated Parent
There are 1.5 million people in federal and state prisons and another 600,000 in local jails. More than half…
Profiles in Education Equity: Operation Restoration
Syrita Steib-Martin and Annie Freitas cofounded Operation Restoration, a New Orleans-based organization that helps women who have been impacted…
How Education Can Better Serve the Modern-Day Student
For nearly six years, Reid Setzer has been at Young Invincibles, where he most recently served as director of…
Serving Healthy School Food While Preparing Young Adults for Culinary Careers
Tucked away in the back of a dilapidated, blue and gray building in downtown Washington lies DC Central Kitchen.…
The Incredible Whiteness of Higher Education
While the U.S. becomes less White, and Black and Latino segments of the population rapidly expand, state economies are…