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Strong Start to Finish

Learn about Strong Start to Finish, the groundbreaking pooled-funding project on developmental education

Emergency Grant Guidance

• Emergency Aid Grants? We Have Guidance to Share
• Essential Service: Tools of the Trade
• New Resource: Trends & Challenges in Financial Aid Awards

Transforming Community Colleges for Student Success

Sue Cui, Senior Program Officer, reflects on her Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence

A Sharper Focus: 2019 Education Philanthropy Report

• Refined strategy focuses on increasing equity for learners from low-income backgrounds

COVID-19: Ascendium's Role as a National Leader in Postsecondary Philanthropy

Read the Chronicle of Higher Education story

For Our Partners: Ascendium’s COVID-19 Response Plan

Read our COVID-19 response

Ascendium donates $85,000 to Dane County Covid-19 Emergency and Recovery Fund

On Friday, March 20 leadership from Boys & Girls Club of Dane County and United Way of Dane County announced a collaborative effort to provide financial relief for individuals and families affected by COVID-19.

Largest-ever Study of Impact of Open Educational Resources in College Reveals Benefits of Introducing OER Courses on a Broad Scale

Community college students taking multiple OER courses earned more credits and similar grades than students who took no OER courses and reported high engagement with course materials; effort saved students $10.7 million and was cost-effective for colleges

Final Ohio ASAP Report Shows Increased Graduation and Transfer Rates

• Meet Ascendium’s New Deputy Director of Grantmaking Miles Wilson
• Promising Early Findings from an Experimental Study of Multiple Measures Assessment and Placement
• ATD’s Open Education Resource Initiative Succeeds in Scaling up Courses

New Grants Support a Spectrum of Student Success Initiatives

• ASU Local: Creating a New Model of College Success
• On the Go: Find Ascendium Staff in the Field