If colleges and universities want to close the graduation gap for their Latino students, their target goal is clear: help another 6.2 million Latinos earn a degree by 2030.

That’s according to Excelencia in Education, which highlights some of the ways colleges can improve Hispanic college graduation rates in a new report. Among the suggestions: Changing campus cultures to be more flexible to students’ needs, providing additional support to cover basic needs, and expanding outreach to students with some college credit but no degree or credential.

Student parents often face a complicated path when it comes to higher education. That includes managing the financial burden of paying for college and balancing competing demands on their time and energy as they attend classes, work, and provide care for their children. 

On-campus child care can make it easier for student parents to manage some of these challenges, especially when that care is connected to other campus services and supports. Yet, just 38 percent of public institutions and seven percent of nonprofit institutions have on-campus child-care options to serve students.

Next month marks one year since the public release of ChatGPT, the AI-enabled chatbot. When it was first introduced, the technology immediately sent shockwaves across college campuses: Would it revolutionize higher education, or simply lead to widespread cheating and plagiarism? 

In this interview, higher education leaders, reporters, and students discuss the influence of chatbots in higher ed, from college essays to classroom teaching.