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National advisory council on postsecondary education access michelle asha cooper
Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D., (born January 3 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), a Washington, D.C.-based independent, non-profit organization that is dedicated to increasing access and success for underserved students in post-secondary education around the world. Cooper is a well-respected education leader—both nationally and internationally.
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- National advisory council on postsecondary education access michelle asha cooper
- Michelle asha cooper and deborah a santiago 2013 sheeo hepc
- Life and career
- Awards and recognition
- Higher ed expert in the media
- Education
- References
Michelle asha cooper and deborah a santiago 2013 sheeo hepc
Life and career
Before joining IHEP, Cooper served as the deputy director for the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (Advisory Committee) at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to the Advisory Committee, she worked at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Council of Independent Colleges, and King's College.
Cooper is a member of the board of directors ACCESS-Boston, the College of Charleston Alumni Board, the National College Access Network, and the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
Cooper sits on several advisory boards, including CEOs for Cities' Talent Dividend Prize, the International Rankings Expert Group, the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Awards and recognition
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine named Cooper “25 to Watch” in its special 25th anniversary issue featuring 25 up-and-coming higher education leaders. The publication also celebrated Cooper in its first-ever issue.
Politic365 named Cooper one of its 2011 “Game Changers."
Cooper is also the recipient of the 2010 University of Maryland College of Education's Outstanding Young Alumni Award and the 2002 National Education Association’s Excellence in the Academy New Scholar Award.
In 2010, Essence magazine selected Cooper as a "powerful visionary" while celebrating Black women under 40 who are trailblazers.
Higher ed expert in the media
Cooper is a sought-after speaker who often provides commentary to various media outlets including C-SPAN, FOX News, and NPR as well as The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Hill, Huffington Post, Inside Higher Ed, USA Today, and Washington Post.
She has written extensively and co-authored Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success, which reverses the college readiness conversation to offer a new paradigm on institutional value-add in boosting student outcomes.
Education
Cooper received her B.A. from the College of Charleston, a M.P.S. from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park.