In June, 2020, the SSTAR Lab partnered with Ascendium to undertake a year-long study on rural higher education. This project culminated in an interactive mapping tool and report based on new data from various sources including …
Exploring Indigenous Financial Aid Opportunities in the Mountain West
By: Gresham Collom, Cherish Golden, and Misti Jeffers This month’s post continues our blog series sharing information about financial aid opportunities for Indigenous students across the United States. We highlight a few of the 41 …
Why is SSTAR Lab so Focused on Rural Research? – A Personal Reflection from the SSTAR Lab Director
By: Nicholas Hillman You may have read recently that the SSTAR Lab is undertaking a new set of studies focused on rural students’ pathways to and through higher education. These two new studies extend our …
Indigenous Financial Aid Opportunities in the Pacific and West Coast
By: Cherish Golden This blog continues our series highlighting financial aid policies and opportunities that are specific to Indigenous students. Here, we focus on 39 funding opportunities for Indigenous students in five Pacific and West …
Theories of Change in a Research-Practice Partnership
By: Kathryn Boonstra As a research-practice partnership, SSTAR Lab engages with program leaders and practitioners in ways that are quite different from traditional academic researchers. One role we may play, particularly when launching a partnership …
Q&A with Vice Provost of Enrollment Management
By: Bonniejean Zitske, Associate Director, SSTAR Lab This month I sat down with Derek Kindle, the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management and our number one supporter! Derek was the Director of Financial Aid when SSTAR …
Where Can you Find Indigenous Student Financial Aid Opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic Region?
By: Misti Jeffers This post continues our blog series sharing information on financial aid opportunities for Indigenous students across the United States. We highlight details of 24 funding opportunities we found across four Mid-Atlantic states …
SSTAR Lab Joins National Research Center Studying Rural Students’ College Access
By: Bonniejean Zitske Why do college-going rates in rural communities lag behind non-rural areas, even though their high school completion rates are equal to or higher than those in non-rural areas? Well, that’s a great, …
An Introduction to the Wisconsin Teacher Pledge
By: Kathryn Boonstra The teacher labor market may be more front-of-mind for everyday Americans today, in the aftermath of COVID-19, than any other time in recent history. While initial fears of a mass exodus of …
3 Insights from ECMC Foundation’s 2024 CTE Leadership Collaborative Convening
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 …