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Collaboration & Partnerships
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Personalizing Data to Ensure College Attainment Leads to Career Fulfillment » By Dr. Rudy Ruiz, Director, READY Institute, The Universities at Shady Grove Reading time: Two minutes What is...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 CBO & Higher Ed Partnership Case Studies - Part IV: Achieve Atlanta & HBCU Partnerships » Reading time: Seven minutes With the generous support of the Scheidel Foundation , the National College Attainme...
Friday, May 9, 2025 CBO & Higher Ed Partnership Case Studies - Part III: NCCPC & State/Regional Collaboration » Reading time: Five minutes With the generous support of the Scheidel Foundation , the National College Attainme...
Thursday, April 17, 2025 CBO & Higher Ed Partnership Case Studies - Part II: College Beyond » Reading time: Five minutes With the generous support of the Scheidel Foundation , the National College Atta...
Friday, April 11, 2025 CBO & Higher Ed Partnership Case Studies - Part I: Onward We Learn » Reading time: Six minutes With the generous support of the Scheidel Foundation , the National College Attainmen...
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College Access & Success
Monday, December 1, 2025 Does Direct Admissions Work? What the Research Says » By Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes The goal of...
Monday, November 17, 2025 VA SCHEV Expands Campus Visits for Middle School Students » By Erin McGrath and Rebeccah Lystash, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Reading time: Three minut...
Friday, November 14, 2025 Nine Common CSS Profile Mistakes and How To Avoid Them » By Jamese Carrell, Member Services Associate (former) Reading time: Four minutes The CSS Profile is an institution...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Strada’s State Opportunity Index Measures Grads’ ROI, States’ Strengths » By Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes For many stu...
Friday, October 31, 2025 How Will “Trump Accounts” Fit into the Landscape of Early College Savings Programs? » By Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes The federal budget reco...
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Data, Research, & Evaluation
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Undergrad Enrollment Ticks Up 2.4% in Fall 2025 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes College enrollm...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 How States Are (and Aren’t) Sharing Postsecondary Outcomes Data with K-12: A Snapshot from the Field » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Seven minutes As the National Co...
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Six Findings on Americans' Views of Higher Education » Reading time: Six minutes In July, New America released its 9th annual Varying Degrees survey on higher e...
Sunday, October 5, 2025 Building Better Outcomes with Postsecondary Data: A New Playbook for Districts » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes Good intent...
Saturday, October 4, 2025 Taking Student Survey Data Seriously: Insights From 15,000 High Schoolers » By Andrew Schmitz, Senior Managing Director, and Dr. Rachel Martin, Senior Director of Program Learning, at OneGoal...
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Diversity & Inclusion
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Breaking Through Barriers: LGBTQ+ Students and the FAFSA Process » Reading Time: Three minutes For many LGBTQ+ students, the path to college is filled with challenges far beyond essa...
Monday, March 24, 2025 Women’s History Month: Passion, Joy, and Drive » Reading time: 10 minutes March commemorates Women’s History Month , which recognizes the strides women have made...
Friday, March 14, 2025 Despite Progress, Women in Higher Ed Still Face Barriers » Reading time: Four minutes Despite progress in gender equity, women in higher education still face significant str...
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Scholarships for Female Students: Expanding Access to Higher Education » Reading time: Two minutes March is Women’s History Month, a time to recognize the strides women have made in educa...
Friday, February 21, 2025 Scholarships Supporting Black Students from Low-Income Backgrounds » Reading time: Three minutes Higher education is a powerful tool for economic and social mobility, yet financial ba...
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Federal Policy & Advocacy
Friday, November 14, 2025 ED Abruptly Ends Student Support, Basic Needs Grants; New Competition Includes AI-Enabled Advising » By Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes On Monday, November 10, t...
Monday, October 20, 2025 Workforce Pell: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got (Some) Answers » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Eight minutes As many National College...
Monday, October 13, 2025 ED’s Proposed College Admissions Survey Raises Concerns » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes UPDATE : On Novemb...
Monday, September 29, 2025 What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Government Shutdown » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes If you’re feeling like it’s...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 New Report: College Remains Financially Out of Reach, Students Face $1,500 Gap at Public 4-Years » By Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes Despite widespread reco...
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Financial Aid
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Students Doing FAFSA Will Receive Warning if One of Their Schools has Low Earnings Outcomes » Reading time: Two minutes This week, the US Department of Education (ED) announced an update to the informa...
Monday, December 1, 2025 NCAN’s FAFSA Tracker Returns as Nation Pushes for Record Completions » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes It’s truly the most w...
Monday, November 10, 2025 College Costs Continue to Decline, According to Latest College Price Report » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes The College Board's Trends in C...
Monday, November 3, 2025 Enhancements Coming to StudentAid.Gov Accounts » Read time: Two minutes Setting up a StudentAid.gov account (FSA ID) is often a stumbling block prior to students a...
Monday, November 3, 2025 Scaling What Works: State Strategies for FAFSA Completion Success » By Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Five minutes Every year,...
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Member News
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Member of the Month - January 2026: Kendra Strange » Reading time: Seven minutes Congratulations to our January 2026 Member of the Month (MeMo) Kendra Strange ! Nation...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Member of the Month - December 2025: Jose Jimenez » Reading time: Four minutes Congratulations to our December 2025 Member of the Month (MeMo) Jose Jimenez...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Member of the Month - November 2025: Laura Owen » Reading time: Three minutes Congratulations to our November 2025 Member of the Month (MeMo) Laura Owen ! Nationa...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2025 DCAN Conference Highlights: Building Pathways Through Trust and Collaboration » Reading time: Four minutes The 9th Annual Metro Detroit College Access & Success Conference , hosted at Easte...
Thursday, October 16, 2025 One-on-One with Damon Jiggetts, New President & CEO of ACCESS College Foundation » Reading time: Four minutes Damon Jiggetts was recently named as ACCESS College Foundation ’s President and CEO af...
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