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Today, Ascend at the Aspen Institute announced that eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (T...
The 1 in 5 podcast vividly profiles students who are parents pursuing their education while raising a family and working. Today, more than one in five...
Anne Mosle, executive director of Ascend, knows community dialogue plays a significant role in restoring trust. She believes we must reevaluate how we...
Mental illness affects 1 in every 5 Americans, however, inefficiencies, siloes, and disparities among systems make it challenging for famili...
More than half of the nearly 4 million student parents in the U.S. are students of color, with Black, Native, and Latino students among the most likel...
Over the last 10 years, the Institute’s Ascend Fellowship has seen 120 leaders from across the United States join together to break the cycle of int...