News Releases and Statements

Current-Year News Releases

Aug. 25, 2010

Institute For Higher Education Policy and Lumina Foundation for Education Partner to Increase College Success Among Formerly Enrolled Students

Organizations Launch New Program to Award Thousands of Associate’s Degrees Retroactively

July 21, 2010

Institute for Higher Education Policy’s Alisa F. Cunningham Honored with Prestigious “Student Financial Aid” Award

June 22, 2010

Higher Education Organizations Create Online Resource to Measure Effectiveness of College Access Programs

June 16, 2010

Institute for Higher Education Policy Partners with the America’s Promise Alliance

Leading Higher Education Policy Organization Joins National Effort to Prevent High School Students from Dropping Out

June 14, 2010

Acclaimed Higher Education Researcher Alisa F. Cunningham Tapped for New U.S. Department of Education Committee on Measures of Student Success

June 9, 2010

Low-Income Young Adults are the New Face of the College-Going Population

New Data Show Increased College Opportunity for Poor Youth, But Getting Out of Poverty Remains Elusive

March 30, 2010

College Opportunities for Low-Income Washington State Students Show Significant Increase Through Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Scholarship Program

“Evergreen State" Scholarship Program Addresses Academic and Financial Postsecondary Barriers, Highlights Promising Practices to Increase College Access for All Low-Income Students

March 18, 2010

Institute for Higher Education Policy and Walmart Foundation Select 2010 Walmart Minority Student Success Institutions

Second Cohort of Schools Continue Work to Increase Access and Succes for First-Generation College Students

March 9, 2010

2010 IHEP Summer Academy Draws Some of the Nation’s Top Postsecondary Institutions to Focus on “Clearing College Pathways for Underserved Students”

Campus Leaders Gather to Identify Institutional Practices and Policies to Increase College Access and Success for Students of Color

Feb. 23, 2010

IHEP Launches New “College Access and Success” Web Site Featuring Expanded Online Tools and Research Library

Feb. 19, 2010

IHEP Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives Lorelle L. Espinosa Starts STEM-Focused Blog for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Feb. 17, 2010

STATEMENT: IHEP Encourages President Obama to Give Additional Consideration to Promising Strategies for Increasing College Access and Success in Proposed Education Budget

Feb. 16, 2010

Bill & Melinda Gates Scholarship Program Targeting Low-Income, Minority Students Proves Full Financial Commitment Increases College Access and Success

“Last Dollar” Scholarships Ease Burdens of Rising College Costs, Increase College Completion Rates

Feb. 10, 2010

Institutional Leaders from Minority-Serving Colleges and Universities Unite to Identify Financial Strategies to Successfully Prepare Students of Color

Feb. 9, 2010

IHEP Welcomes Two Acclaimed Education Leaders as New Board Members

New Members Help to Reinforce Organizational Commitment to Increasing Access and Success

Jan. 26, 2010