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Congratulations to the finalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence!

The Aspen Institute has just named the 10 finalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The $1 million award is the nation's signatu ...

BY College Excellence Program

Blog Post

06.11.2024
Colleges and Universities

Connecting Minority-Serving Institutions and Rural Research

This research brief explores strategies for MSIs’ to produce research needed to develop and implement solutions aligned with rural needs.

BY Olivia Little, & 3 more

Publication

08.01.2023
Colleges and Universities

Community-Based Participatory Research at Rural MSIs

This research brief explores how rural MSIs and approaches to community-based participatory research can be used to better understand MSIs’ nature and practices.

BY Marybeth Gasman, Alice Ginsberg, and Levon T. Esters

Publication

05.31.2023
Colleges and Universities

The Path Forward for Academic Freedom in Higher Ed

The twin ideals of open inquiry and free expression are core to the mission of any great university, but those are ideals that must be fought for—both historically and in the present day.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Video

06.29.2022
Colleges and Universities

1 in 5 podcast

Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s new podcast, 1 in 5, focuses on the experiences of students who are parents pursuing postsecondary credentials. ...

BY Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Podcast

09.20.2021
Colleges and Universities

The Transfer Reset: Rethinking Equitable Policy for Today's Learners

We need to “reset” transfer to meet the needs/ demands of today’s learners—and tomorrow’s—who are seeking to receive credit for learning, work and lived experiences along the entirety of their educational path.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

07.01.2021
Colleges and Universities

Announcing 1 in 5 podcast

In-depth profiles of outstanding individuals among the 22% of college students who are also parents.

BY Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Podcast

02.10.2021
Colleges and Universities

Policies and Practices to Advance a Next-Generation Transfer System

Two new briefs offer specific policy and practice recommendations that can be implemented today to improve outcomes for transfer students, both in the short term and as part of a strategy to address structural barriers to transfer success and equity.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

11.16.2020
Colleges and Universities

Policies And Practices To Advance A Next-Generation Transfer System

Recommendations that can be implemented today to improve outcomes for transfer students.

BY College Excellence Program

Of Interest

11.16.2020
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