By Laura Devaney. The report, State Financial Aid: Applying redesign principles through state engagement, examines a variety of state-level projects intended to redesign state financial aid and shares lessons learned from those efforts. More...

By Lisa Malat. With the cost of a college education uppermost in the minds of students and their parents, the actual value of college, and even how you might begin to measure it, increasingly has come under scrutiny. More...

As the Fall 2016 semester kicks off, 44 institutions of higher education participating in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) “Re-Imagining the First Year of College” (RFY) project have begun to implement innovative practices and programs on their campuses aimed at helping first- year students. More...

By Alana Dunagan. Instead of throwing mud at endowments, Congress would be better served to focus on how it could support disruptive innovations. More...

The University of Maryland has launched an ambitious ‘Do Good’ Initiative to create a permanent and visible entity on campus that will become a hub of activity for philanthropy, nonprofit management, public policy, social change and leadership. More...

By Laura Devaney. As policymakers tout the importance of higher education in helping students secure jobs and succeed in the workforce, equity and affordable higher education is now almost constantly in the spotlight. More...