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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, February 2, 2026 New Research Shows GEAR UP Program Led To 48% Increase In College Completion » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes A growing body of c...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Brevard’s Universal CCR Survey Listens to Every Student, Grades 9–12 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes Delivering high-qu...
Saturday, January 10, 2026 Redesigning High School to Prepare Students for the Future » By Ivan Duran, Superintendent, and Tove Tupper, Chief Communications Officer, Highline Public Schools (Washginton) Readi...
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...
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Data, Research, & Evaluation
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10 Projects Funded to Expand Postsecondary Outcomes Data Usage » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives at NCAN; and Angela Jubinville, Stakeholder Engagement Spe...
Thursday, January 8, 2026 Reduce Summer Melt with Evidence-Based Approaches » By Lindsay Page, Aizat Nurshatayeva, Ellen Bryer, and Christina Claiborne of The Annenberg...
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...
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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, February 13, 2026 New CBO Projection Sets up Pell Grant Funding Battle » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Three minutes The Congressional Budget...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Bracing for Impact: How Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Will Reshape College Access » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, and Doug Steiger, Public Policy consultant and Former Coun...
Thursday, January 22, 2026 House and Senate Release FY26 Appropriations Bill, Pell Max Set at $7,395 for Third Consecutive Year » By: Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes On Tuesday, January 20...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 AHEAD Committee Reaches Consensus on New Accountability Provisions » By Louisa Woodhouse, Senior Associate, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Six minutes On Friday, January 9, the...
Monday, December 22, 2025 Highlights from the AHEAD Committee: Workforce Pell Consensus Reached » By Catherine Brown, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Eight minutes The AHEAD Committee rea...
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Financial Aid
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 FAFSA Simplification Yielded 1.7 Million Additional Pell-Eligible Students » By Eddy Conroy, Senior Director, Communications Reading time: Three minutes Making it easier to apply for fina...
Thursday, January 8, 2026 Nation Stays On-Track for Record High FAFSA Completion in 2026 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes About 33%...
Monday, January 5, 2026 Pennsylvania Becomes 14th State to Pass Universal FAFSA Policy » By Alessandra Cipriani-Detres, Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes In November 2025...
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...
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Member News
Thursday, January 29, 2026 Member of the Month - February 2026: Chandra Scott » Reading time: Four minutes Congratulations to our February Member of the Month (MeMo) Chandra Scott ! National C...
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...
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