Higher Learning Advocates

07/16/2024

📢 It’s official! We’ve moved! Follow our new page, Today’s Students Coalition (and meet our new logomark!).🧡

In June, we announced HLA would transition its operations and continue its work under the banner of TSC, a coalition formed by HLA in 2019 that sits at the heart of an extensive national network united for . Looking forward, we’re eagerly preparing to launch and reveal the redesigned todaysstudents.org in the coming days, introduce a series of new student voices, and share updates on our work as a coalition.

Be sure to tune in and tag us. Thank you for supporting our work for .

05/08/2024

HLA’s Julie Peller talks about next steps in the previously announced transition to the Today’s Students Coalition with Chronicle of Higher Education’s Goldie Blumenstyk.

“Last month HLA announced a transition: a move to continue a 40-group coalition it helped create but reduce the staff of HLA, its parent organization. Starting in June, HLA’s managing director of advocacy, Tanya Ang, will become executive director of the Today’s Students Coalition, which Peller calls a ‘deliberately big-tent’ organization with ambitions to grow even larger. Peller will stay on as a board member.

The moment seemed a good one to check back with Peller on where she’s seen progress for today’s students and where there’s still work to do. Spoiler alert: There’s still plenty to do.”

For one, policies recognizing that adult students “aren’t just recent high-school grads who showed up on campus a few years late.”

05/03/2024

🎉Join us in congratulating our very own Julie Peller for being named on Washington DC's Most Influential People of 2024 List via Washingtonian for the second year. This is a well-deserved recognition of her prominent leadership in shaping federal policy and dedication to .

Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates.

04/30/2024

💥💥BIG NEWS: What does HLA + TSC equal? An announcement you DON'T want to miss from HLA's Executive Director Julie Peller:

"Over the past seven years, the term 'Today's Students' has changed how society views people in pursuit of higher education. No longer needing explanation, it's become a fixture in our collective vocabulary, a testament to our strides in reshaping perceptions. This shift is not only in the language we use but in the policies we advance.

Reflecting on Higher Learning Advocates’ work over the years fills me with immense pride. Together, we've journeyed through legislative victories and setbacks and declared the name 'today’s students' as a nationally-known trademark, all while steadfastly advocating for the needs of this country’s learners. Our mission has become a rallying cry embraced by partners, policymakers, higher education leadership, and members of the media alike.

With this momentum, we stand poised to make an even greater impact."

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT ⬇️

Dear Friends:  Over the past seven years, the term "Today's Students" has changed how society views people in pursuit of higher education. No longer needing explanation, it's become a fixture in our collective vocabulary, a testament to our strides in reshaping perceptions. This shift is not only i...

04/19/2024

Many of the Americans with some college but no degree continue to learn outside of academia: on the job, at home, through a program.

Access to credit for prior learning saves students time + money on their degrees. to learn more: https://bit.ly/3A5LSwL

04/19/2024

Credit for prior learning (CPL) is quantifying learning that takes place outside the classroom and makes returning to college more accessible + affordable, especially for the adults with some college, no credential.

to learn more: https://bit.ly/3xOhq96

04/19/2024

📈 Minnesota’s attainment goal: 70% of Minnesota residents between the ages of 25 to 44 will hold a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2025.

Current Rate: 60.6%

There are 40.4 million adults w/ some college, no credential. Let's widen the path : https://bit.ly/40MillionReasons

04/18/2024

📈 Texas’ attainment goal: At least 60% of Texans 25-64 will have a postsecondary degree, certificate, or other credential of value by 2030.

Current Rate: 50.5%

There are 40.4 million adults w/ some college, no credential. : https://bit.ly/40MillionReasons

04/17/2024

📈 Indiana’s attainment goal: 60% of adults in Indiana will attain higher education by 2025.

Current Rate: 53.3%

There are 40.4 million adults w/ some college, no credential. Let's widen the path : https://bit.ly/40MillionReasons

04/17/2024

📈 Florida’s attainment goal: 60% of working-age Floridians will have a high-value postsecondary certificate, degree, or training by 2030.

Current Rate: 54.5%

There are 40.4 million adults w/ some college, no credential. : https://bit.ly/40MillionReasons