By: Misti Jeffers In late September, I attended the ECMC Foundation’s 2024 Career and Technical Education Leadership Collaborative (CTE LC) Convening, an annual opportunity for all past and current CTE LC Fellows (500+!) to convene …
Month: October 2024
Should I stay or should I go: How often do first-time, full-time college freshman leave their home state for college?
By: Jared Colston With overall numbers of high school graduates projected to decline nationally, higher education professionals fear this “demographic cliff” will result in a postsecondary “enrollment cliff.” Policy debates at the state level often …
Navigating Indigenous Student Financial Aid Opportunities in New England
By: Cherish Golden, Misti Jeffers, & Gresham Collom In a recent All My Relations podcast episode, when asked “Why college for Indigenous students,” Dr. Bryan Brayboy (Lumbee), stated “I’m convinced not all Native people should …
Tracking the Return to Loan Repayment
By: Nick Hillman For over three years—between March 2020 and September 2023—monthly payments on certain federal student loans were paused. The pause ended nearly a year ago, and many researchers and policy organizations want to …