Month: August 2024

By: Bonniejean Zitske, Associate Director, SSTAR Lab Hello! Welcome to a new blog series featuring interviews with the talented people at SSTAR Lab. Each month, I’ll interview someone different, learning what drew them to the …

By: Amberly Dziesinski Over the past 6 months, our team has been combing through state policy documents to better understand how community colleges are funded. We aimed to identify if, and how, states fund three …

By: Gresham Collom, PhD, University of Minnesota  Oneewe (thank you – Munsee) for reading our monthly Indigenous Student Financial Aid Opportunities blog series! This is a space for us to share updates on our project, …

By: Nicholas Hillman When people ask me what the SSTAR Lab does, I often start by explaining we are a “research-practice partnership.” That phrase seems to click with folks, at least most of the time. …

Hello! Welcome to the SSTAR Lab Blog, we’re so glad you’re here. Whether you’re a researcher, practitioner, policymaker, or just someone interested in higher education research, we hope you find this site informative and useful. …

By: Kathryn Boonstra Paying for college involves navigating a complex landscape of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid (“aid”). These types of aid differ in their eligibility criteria, funding sources, awarding procedures, and benefit …

By: Gresham Collom & Misti Jeffers Did you know Indigenous college students accounted for only 0.7% of enrolled college students in 2020 (Keo et al., 2021)? Indigenous Peoples in the United States have long experienced …

By: Leslie Orrantia With similar disparities in student outcomes across secondary and postsecondary sectors, states are increasingly turning to K-12 to ask what lessons may inform higher education finance for more equitable distribution of resources. …