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Welcome! The Postsecondary Success website includes our areas of focus, the work of our partners and grantees, and the latest higher education news. Here you will find the latest videos, speeches, and blog posts from the field as well as our monthly newsletter that profiles trends and examples of success in supporting higher ed student success. Please join the conversation on Twitter (@gatesus) so we can work together to ensure higher education is a bridge–not a barrier–to opportunity.
By Dan Greenstein I wanted to share the news with you that I am stepping down as Director of the Postsecondary Success strategy. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and joy for the opportunity to work with an immensely talented team and committed partners like you to close the equity gaps in higher education so that […]
By Dan Greenstein As an academic, I have always been fascinated and thrilled by the process of learning. As a parent, I experience great joy in watching my two children undertake their own learning journeys. And in my nearly six years at the foundation, my interest in learning has taken on new meaning and urgency. […]
Remarks (as delivered) by Dan Greenstein at the Oregon Community College Association Annual Conference Dan Greenstein is the director of Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Thurs., Nov. 2, 2017 Good morning, and thank you for asking me to such a beautiful place. I’ve been on the road for the better part of […]
Higher education is a cautious and deliberative enterprise by nature, but we cannot – and must not – allow deliberation to become an excuse for inaction. Change requires steady leadership, a commitment to following the data wherever they lead, and a willingness to buck conventional wisdom and prevailing incentive systems.
Remarks (as prepared) by Dan Greenstein at the Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Institute Conference Dan Greenstein is the director of Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Fri., Oct. 6, 2017, Washington, D.C. Good afternoon, and thank you for having me. It is a privilege to be with my colleagues from philanthropy […]
By Dan Greenstein For the past several weeks, I have been taking a critical look at conventional wisdom and common assumptions about higher education to raise awareness of the realities facing today’s colleges and universities, and their students. This week, I’m focusing on a debate that lies at the heart of the completion movement: #4: […]
By Dan Greenstein Over the past couple of weeks, I have taken a critical look at two common assumptions about higher education – that selective equals better and that colleges and universities can’t become bigger and better at the same time. This week I’m wading into the digital dimension to tackle another oft-heard assertion: #3: […]
Remarks (as prepared) by Dan Greenstein at the NALEO California Statewide Policy Institute Conference Dan Greenstein is the director of Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Fri., Sept. 22, 2017 Thank you for inviting me to join you. I am honored. I am also painfully aware of the pitfalls of being a lunch-time […]
By Dan Greenstein Last week, I kicked off a series of posts exploring what I believe is a growing disconnect between higher education and the American people. In that piece, I unpacked one of the possible causes of that disconnect – the ways in which academe celebrates exclusivity over opportunity. This week, I’m taking […]
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