Daily Lumina News 080822

Community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs are growing. A lot. Nearly 570 CCB programs exist in the United States today, operating at 148 community and technical colleges in 25 states.
A new e-book now captures the "who, what, where, when, and why" of 20 promising practices implemented by these institutions. Each promising practice profile provides details on how the promising practice works, available evidence of student enrollments and outcomes, and lessons learned.

Rents for off-campus housing are on the rise, forcing more students deeper into debt and pushing others out of school altogether.
Even before the current rent increases, many students were teetering on the edge. A survey from The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice shows more students at both community colleges and four-year institutions are struggling to pay for essential things like rent, food, and utilities.

For all of the effort companies have poured into hiring and advancing people of color, those moves rarely benefit the biggest—and most diverse—pool of workers they employ: the millions of low-wage workers in America’s stores, warehouses, plants, and other frontline workplaces.
New research from McKinsey & Company shines a light on the experiences of frontline workers of color, the pathways from the front line to the middle class, and the skills workers need to advance.

The path to higher education has come with missteps, mountaintops, and more than a few surprises for 31-year-old Ariel Ventura-Lazo. The first-generation student-parent is set to graduate from George Mason University—a decade after repeated failures threatened his academic success.
In this video, Ventura-Lazo describes his inspiring journey, the people who made it possible, and his passion for helping other student-parents realize their dreams.

Some students labor to write essays because they struggle with typing. Others scramble to complete assignments on time because they don’t know the campus has fast, designated Wi-Fi.
For administrators and faculty members at California State University at Northridge, these and other scenarios are providing a reality check to inform new digital-literacy projects on the campus.

The number of Colorado high school students completing federal financial aid forms increased for the first time since the start of the pandemic. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that even Colorado’s improving rate falls well below the national average. Earlier this year, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation in an attempt to boost the state’s FAFSA completion rates.