Key Criteria for Undocumented Student Higher Education Access and Success
February 22, 2023 by EdTrust Ed Trust researchers analyzed nine criteria in the 15 states with the largest shares of undocumented college students to determine whether state policies are helping or hurting undocumented students’ ability to attend college and how access and success for this underserved student population could be improved.
Ed Trust Comments on U.S. Department of Education FY 22 and FY 23 Pooled Data and Evaluation Funding
February 17, 2023 by EdTrust To: John English, U.S. Department of Education From: The Education Trust Re: Request for Information Regarding Higher Education Act (HEA) Pooled Evaluation | Docket ID ED-2022-OPEPD-0082 Date: February 17, 2023…
Lack of Access to Child Care Subsidies Is a Barrier to Student-Parent Completion & Success
December 19, 2022 by Antoinette J. Waller, Gabriel Montague, Brittani Williams “I make too much to qualify for child care assistance but not enough to afford child care”– a student-father enrolled in a bridge program between a two-year and a four-year…
Why Community College was the Best Choice for Me
October 10, 2022 by Hope Barrón Twelve years of school all led up to a moment often romanticized in teen dramedies, encouraged by educators, and the topic of conversation at countless family dinners. All that time…
Many Determined College Students Are Also Dedicated Parents: A Preview of the Student Parent Affordability Report
August 09, 2022 by Brittani Williams The typical image of a college student is a fresh-faced freshman right out of high school, right? But that doesn’t reflect today’s reality. In fact, more than one-fifth of all…
Formerly Incarcerated People Deserve Second Chances. I’m Living Proof.
May 12, 2022 by William Freeman III Last month was Second Chance Month, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the barriers facing justice-involved people and what having a second chance really means for a formerly incarcerated,…
Black Undergraduate Women Reflect on What Prepared Them for College
November 29, 2021 by Janice A. Byrd The hashtag #BlackGirlMagic was created by a Black early childhood educator named CaShawn Thompson in 2015 as a way to “celebrate the beauty, power and resilience of Black women” and…
How A School District is Helping First-Generation Students Shape Their Career Goals
November 22, 2021 by Michael Matsuda In California, you can often find residents from around the world. It’s the same phenomenon in the Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), home to nearly 30,000 students grades 7-12,…
A New Approach to Supporting Students on Their Journey to College Graduation
November 04, 2021 by Lindsay Peck As her first semester of college at Delaware State University began in fall 2020, Kadiatu Mansaray had a problem: She didn’t have a computer. While the first-year college student was…