Report: Federal HED policy must undergo dramatic shift - LAURA ASCIONE, eCampus News

A new policy framework identifies a three-pronged plan to shift the focus of federal policy from higher education to higher learning by ensuring high-quality outcomes, focusing on today’s students and creating a more affordable and responsive system of education and training beyond high school. Most federal higher education policies were designed when the typical college student attended a four-year college directly after high school. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) estimates that 75 percent of students today are now either working adults, part-time students, parents with dependent children or student with some other non-traditional characteristic. In the framework, Higher Learning Advocates argues federal policy should adapt to meet the needs of those students. https://www.ecampusnews.com/news/higher-ed-policy-shift/