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University Presidents on Seeing Talent in Every Zip Code

How can universities work together to create equal access to higher education for talented students, no matter where they’re from or how much they have?

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Video

10.29.2018
Colleges and Universities

College Students and Health

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

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

08.21.2018
Colleges and Universities

What Will it Take for the US to Expand College Excellence?

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

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Video

06.29.2018
Colleges and Universities

Perfecting an Impossibly Great Idea

“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said th ...

BY Judy Samuelson

Blog Post

06.27.2018
Colleges and Universities

Advancing Trust in Higher Education

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.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Video

06.27.2018
Colleges and Universities

The Talent Blind Spot

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.

BY Tania LaViolet, Benjamin Fresquez, McKenzie Maxson, and Josh Wyner, The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program

Publication

06.27.2018
Colleges and Universities

How Do Colleges Score on Student Health Needs?

Two academic leaders talk about campus health.

BY Institute Staff

Video

06.22.2018
Colleges and Universities

Beating the Odds Summit with Michelle Obama

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

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Video

06.14.2018
Colleges and Universities

Staying In

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.

BY Caroline Broder

Longform

06.12.2018
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