Statement From John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust on Trump’s “Skinny” Budget
WASHINGTON (03/16/17) – Today, John B. King, CEO and President of The Education Trust issued this statement on the…
On Mission and Movements: John King’s First Day at Ed Trust
For two decades Ed Trust staff and education advocates all over the country have been motivated by a guiding…
Why Closing Gaps in Graduation Rates Requires a Focus on Enrollment
If every college and university closed the gap that exists in graduation rates between Black and White students on…
OASIS at Work: Redesigning Courses to Boost Completion
What happens when you bring institutional leaders from 10 campuses together to exchange ideas about student success? That’s exactly…
A Tale of Two Colleges: Similar Students and Different Results
As the college admission letters start to trickle in, young adults across the country are facing one of the…
Congress Gets the Ball Rolling on Higher Ed
This morning, José Luis Cruz, an Ed Trust board member and former member of our OASIS network, testified at…
Martin Luther King Jr.: The Chief Aim of Education Is to Save Man From the Morass of Propaganda
This post first appeared at the Huffington Post.Many of the civil rights movement’s demands had to do with the…
A Teachable Moment in Deeply Troubled America
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." —…
Pushing, Prodding, and Cajoling Our Country Toward Educational Justice — Even Amidst Alarming Times
This first appeared on Huffington Post.Count me among those who have been deeply worried about what the next four…
Feds will restore grant funding for thousands of students burned by for-profit college closures
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, October 28, 2016The Department of Education is resetting the clock on Pell grant eligibility for students who burned…
In Passing the Baton to the Next Champions for Equity
This is a speech delivered at the PIE Network’s Annual Meeting earlier this month.I’m something of a newspaper junkie.…
America’s College Attainment Problem Is About More Than Affordability
Amid mounting concerns about the cost of college and toppling student loan debt, policymakers are proposing various forms of…
Fixing America’s College Attainment Problems: It’s About More Than Affordability
In response to mounting concerns about the cost of college, lawmakers and presidential aspirants have proposed major new partnerships…
Holding Up Data as a Mirror
This op-ed first appeared at Inside Higher Ed.Around this time every year, as colleges and universities begin to spring…
Black and Proud: MLK, BLM, and Today’s Education Reformers
This piece was originally published in New America’s digital magazine, The New America Weekly. Sunday marked the 53rd anniversary of…
Love Isn’t All We Need In America Right Now
In the online comment section under news articles on recent shootings of and by police are missives from pained,…
A Glimpse Inside the Coffers: Endowment Spending at Wealthy Colleges and Universities
Amid intense national conversations on income inequality, A Glimpse Inside the Coffers finds that extreme wealth stratification is occurring…
The $500 Million Club in Higher Ed
A new report we’ve released today shows that just 3.6 percent of colleges and universities — 138 in all…
Georgia State: Leading the Way in Student Success
Last week, PBS NewsHour profiled Georgia State University’s efforts to boost success among students of color, those from low-income…