By Marisol Ramos Several members of the immigration research team at the National Forum attended the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) Conference in San Antonio, TX on March 28-30th, 2013.  This year’s AAHHE was special, as the National Forum had the opportunity to unveil for the first time: the uLEAD Network.  While [...]

By Dan Parrish, C.S.C. To anyone who follows the National Forum online it is no secret that we have been substantially engaged in studying undocumented student access since 2007.  I recently had the privilege of presenting some of our findings at the annual conference of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) in Washington, [...]

In partnership with the National Issues Forums (NIF) and the Kettering Foundation, the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan is hosting a training session based on the national deliberative dialogue model supported by the Kettering Foundation, entitled “Shaping Our Future: How Should Higher Education help Us Create [...]

During the fall of 2011, the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan is hosting a seminar series titled Reinventing Public Education. The seminar is part of the Alumni Association’s series: Lifelong Learning: Leaders and Best Seminars. The National Forum is partnering with the Alumni Association in crafting the seminars, helping frame some of the [...]

Amy was born and raised in Michigan where she attended Grand Valley State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Film and Video Production (2005).  After graduation, Amy worked for two years as a Distribution Administrator in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  In 2008, she moved to Pittsburgh to attend Carnegie Mellon University, earning a Master [...]

What is the Access to Democracy Project? The Access to Democracy project engaged community members in dialogues on the issue of access to higher education.  People were asked, “Who is College for?”  The purpose of this project was to improve access to higher education through changes at the state policy level as well as at [...]

Our Question: In a nutshell, how do we create policies and structures that make it possible for more people to pursue postsecondary education? We profess that higher education makes a distinct and significant contribution to the public good, and therefore have a vested interest in exploring barriers to higher education and involving ourselves in engaged [...]

Our Question: In a nutshell, how do we encourage the mutually beneficial and engaging relationship between the community and institutions of higher education? Our Role: The National Forum’s community engagement team focuses their research and practice on some of the points where communities and higher education institutions intersect.  Investigators scrutinize institutional structures, facilitators, and barriers [...]