By Dan Parrish, C.S.C. Undocumented student access to higher education is a particularly hot topic in late 2012.  It is an issue that is not necessarily bound by partisanship, with post-election calls for comprehensive immigration reform coming from both the right and left.  Each year roughly 65,000 undocumented children graduate from secondary schools in the [...]

Kimberly Reyes came to the University of Michigan and the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) as a master’s student in 2010, and has recently chosen to pursue her doctorate here as well, largely because of the experiences she had working as a research assistant at the National Forum on Higher [...]

Raquel K. Welch-Johnson is a current graduate student in the Marygrove College Education program.  She will graduate with a Master of Education majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Economics.  She is a believer in continuous education and has completed: Journeyman’s License in Accounting and Finance through the United States Air Force, two year Diploma [...]

Additional Links and Resources PBS Podcasts on Higher Education Solutions for our Future The Chronicle of Higher Education Inside Higher Ed NDI – National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Public Attitudes on Higher Education New York Times Interactive Graphic: How Class Works   Aligned partners through Access to Democracy Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Kellogg Fellows [...]

A collaboration with the Chair of the Faculty, Deans, faculty and staff at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill around the question, “What is the Role of a Research | Public University in fostering public debate?” Faculty and graduate students at the National Forum collaborated with the Chair of the Faculty, Deans, faculty and staff [...]

Journey toward Democracy was a dialogue series that strove to connect civic engagement opportunities across the University of Michigan. The National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good was a collaborator in this initiative as a way to spread democratic ideals to the larger campus community. University of Michigan (UM) offers a wide range [...]

Communication and Dialogues Access to Democracy Conference for Mercy Higher Education Project Deliberative Dialogue Research Dialogues with State Legislators Intergenerational Scholars Symposium Journey toward Democracy: Voice, Power, and the Public Good Kellogg Forum on Higher Education Transformation (KFHET) Michigan/Great Lakes Revitalization Project National Leadership Dialogue Series University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Collaboration Wingspread Conference [...]