Many veterans who head back to school after leaving the military face unique challenges that come with being a student veteran. Oftentimes, their experiences are ignored and undervalued. Instead, institutions should see veterans as an asset to the college culture, say two professors and authors of a study on student veterans. 

In this interview, Katie Sullivan and Kay Yoon discuss what it means to become military-friendly—and how higher education leaders can focus more on these lifelong learners. 

The COVID pandemic has changed the definition of college, and many students are feeling the repercussions with increased anxiety and mental health issues.

Elfred Anthony Pinkard, president of Wilberforce University, talks about how his students are coping with the pandemic, as well as the nation's racial reckoning. Dr. Alan Dennington, a chief medical officer at TimelyMD, joins the conversation with his perspective on the spike in demand for mental health counseling among students.

The country is facing two major workforce crises—one immediate, the other longer-term—that America’s community and technical colleges are uniquely equipped to address.

In this op-ed, Robert Schwartz of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Jobs for the Future calls on community colleges to step up and address these challenges—and shares recommendations from a recent report on how they can do so.