Engagement - IHE

Presents an outline of trends and opportunities that face the higher education sector today, regardless of geography, institutional type (research, teaching, public, private), or brand.

Presents findings from a study on the scale of adoption of guided pathways practices across community and technical colleges in three states where there are state-level efforts to support adoption among colleges system-wide.

Identifies policy barriers hindering adult learners and suggest ways for policymakers to create accessible, affordable pathways in postsecondary education.

Describes resources to help servicemembers and new veterans transition to civilian life.

Describes how two single mothers navigate higher education, their career aspirations, and taking care of their families.

Discusses how to foster student belonging in higher education.

Discusses California's aims to create a larger and more diverse pool of college-educated workers.

Addresses the structural inequalities with higher education and the workforce that delay and block opportunities to reach economic security, and provides recommendations on how to address these inequalities.

Provides research, tools, and resources to help college design and implement equity-centered approaches in all aspects of the college system.

Addresses the need for courses that allow students to take college classes and earn college credit.

Created to keep both financial aid community and prison education program administrators updated on tools, training, and news related to the implementation of financial aid in carceral settings.

Introduces FamilyU as a comprehensive, customized, evidence-based, two-year capacity-building experience designed to build and refine institutional competencies to improve student-parent success.

Presents information on a cohort of colleges that sought to redesign the college student experience using four practice areas: (1) mapping pathways to students' end goals, (2) helping students choose and enter a program, (3) keeping students on a path, and (4) ensuring that students are learning.

Presents information on economic and non-economic outcomes for U.S. adults across different educational attainment levels.

Presents data on reasons for disengaging with institutions, interest in pursuing degree completion programs, and important factors in selecting degree completion programs.

Describes efforts at Monroe Community College to enhance support for single mothers and reduce graduation challenges.

Toolkit to help youth access the resources needed to successfully transition into adulthood, continue on to postsecondary education, and meaningful careers.

Shares resources for reconnecting opportunity youth — young people who are between the ages of 16 to 24 years old and are disconnected from school and work.

Evaluates Plan A, a 23-minute video intervention designed for African American and Hispanic/Latinx women ages 18 to 19 that promotes effective contraceptive use, condom use for dual contraception and HIV/STI prevention, and HIV/STI testing. The video aims to improve knowledge of sexual health and self-efficacy for communicating with providers about different contraceptive options that have been proven effective, such as long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). 

Evaluates the first evidence-based LGBTQ+-centered sex education program. The IN·clued program consists of two workshops: one for clinical staff and one for LGBTQ+ youth that covers topics such as safer sex for LGBTQ+ youth, how to access and navigate sexual health services, and how to advocate for yourself with a provider.