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The Future of Higher Education

University of California President Janet Napolitano, State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson, and University of Miami President Julio Frenk, in conversation with Dan Porterfield

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

06.25.2020
Colleges and Universities

As Higher Education Navigates a New Normal, Don't Let Transfer Students Waste Time and Money

Transfer students are uncertain whether campuses will open and are worried about the value proposition of attending costly colleges online, or seeking new training opportunities in light of a changing economy.

BY Josh Wyner

Of Interest

06.01.2020
Colleges and Universities

Opening Doors to STEM—For All Students

Since 2015, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the Siemens Foundation have honored excellent college programs that are moving students into in-demand STEM fields. In the year ahead we are refocusing this prize on not just excellence but also equity.

BY Brittney Davidson, & 1 more

Blog Post

03.03.2020
Colleges and Universities

Expanding Opportunity for Lower-Income Students

This report centers on the impact that an equity-focused, comprehensive strategy can have on institutions’ ability to enroll and graduate more of these talented students.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

02.01.2020
Colleges and Universities

Toward a College-Debt-Free Society

This spring, the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC), an initiative of the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, released a study on ways to help those with student loan debt to eliminate some portion of their federal student loans.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.09.2019
Colleges and Universities

A Degree by Any Other Name

Education technology company Chegg and the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program recently hosted a webinar and gave a frank assessment of where we are and what some companies are doing to alleviate the problem for their employees.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.09.2019
Colleges and Universities

Five Mindsets That A Great College Education Helps To Cultivate

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered remarks at the AspenBrainLab conference on July 12, 2019 in Aspen, CO.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

07.12.2019
Colleges and Universities

Rewriting the Single Story

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered the keynote address during the 2019 Georgetown University Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony on ...

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

05.16.2019
Colleges and Universities

We Create the Education and the Life We Seek

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered the following remarks at the commencement ceremony for the Kendall and West Campuses of Miami D ...

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

05.04.2019
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