Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
Like many parents in the United States, college students with children are in dire need of affordable child-care options.
Some states are stepping up to help with postsecondary child-care grants, smoothing the path to and through college for parenting students who often struggle with the costs of tuition and fees on top of trying to find and pay for child care. Investing in this population of students is a smart strategy, say advocates. Increasing degree completion can help states boost tax revenue and reduce state spending on public benefit programs while helping individuals increase their earnings.
President Donald J. Trump has made it clear that he wants to overhaul higher education. That includes plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how to stop him.
Amid this turmoil, the House education committee—its members charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy—held its first meeting of this new congressional term last week. At the convening, aptly titled "The State of American Education," some of the nation's biggest disagreements around education exploded into full view.
Colleges and universities are confronting fast-moving challenges these days that touch on almost every aspect of their operations. The Trump administration has threatened their funding, federal agencies are launching investigations, lawmakers may increase the endowment tax, and executive orders aimed at wiping out diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts nationwide could transform the culture at some universities.
The latest cause for alarm concerns a new announcement by the Trump administration that the National Institutes of Health is cutting billions of dollars in “indirect” costs for biomedical research funding.
In a world increasingly driven by connections, Historically Black Colleges and Universities are uniquely equipped to prepare students for success. Resumes may get a second glance, but it’s relationships that open doors and build bridges.
For nearly two centuries, HBCUs have been at the forefront of nurturing these connections. It’s a legacy we must protect, celebrate, and build upon—not by becoming like everyone else but by doubling down on what makes these institutions unique in the first place, writes Walter Kimbrough, interim president of Talladega College, in this commentary.
Last month, Lorena Tule-Romain was encouraging families with mixed citizenship statuses to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Along the way, she and her staff offered reassurance to students and parents that information revealing their undocumented status would be securely held by the U.S. Department of Education alone.
That's changed now that Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information—a move that is raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
Higher education-focused lawmakers are pitching a dramatic expansion of the Oregon Promise, a state grant that provides free community college tuition.
The proposal removes a requirement that Oregonians have to enroll in community college immediately after graduating high school to qualify for the program; it also opens eligibility to Oregon residents who graduate from high school in another state. The changes have the potential to expand access to another 35,000 individuals, which is more than a four-fold increase over the current pool of eligible students.
