Colleges and Universities

Dan Porterfield, Paula Johnson, and Samhita Mukhopadhyay talk about the university's role in student health at Spotlight Health.

et to know the Aspen Institute’s higher education strategy through a fireside chat between two experts who are well-versed in this field.

“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.R

The public’s opinion of institutions of higher learning is diminishing. Whether it is because of the high cost or perceived ivory-tower elitism, or due to worry about an overly liberal mindset, Americans are debating the state — and even the necessity — of higher education today.

Demonstrates that, each year, more than 50,000 high-achieving, low- and moderate-income community college students do not transfer to a four-year institution.

Two academic leaders talk about campus health.

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield participated in the fifth annual Beating the Odds Summit with Michelle Obama and others.

The Institute’s College Excellence Program shows students who never thought higher education was for them what they are capable of—and shows colleges of all kinds how to keep them.

The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program is proud to present the release of Charting a New Course. This toolkit combines two power