Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
Unanswered legal questions from the vague, at times self-contradictory, ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down race-conscious admissions continue to shake up admissions and financial aid policies. Does it apply to bridge programs for Black and Latino students? Are scholarships for ethnic minorities against the law?
Bryan Cook, director of higher education policy at the Urban Institute, has been tracking the effects of the court’s decision for a year now—or, at least, he’s been trying to.
Parent PLUS loans were established in the 1980s by the federal government to give access to more affordable financing for middle-income students during a time of high interest rates. Over the years, as college costs continued to climb, the program grew exponentially.
Today, however, the Parent PLUS loan program is burdening some of the neediest families with inescapable intergenerational debt that exacerbates the gap between the haves and have-nots.
Many students like Korey initially start down a college path only to discover that their chosen program doesn't align with their long-term passion and goals. In Korey's case, he found a different institution with personalized advising, financial aid, and clear roadmaps to success.
Watch Korey's story and see how he gained the confidence to chart a successful course toward his goal of becoming an educator.
Mario Koran never expected to become an actual reporter. While other students in his first journalism class went into the community to interview sources, Koran's options were limited.
As an inmate, he could only interview other prisoners and guards.
During those first months behind bars, there was no sun, no night sky. Koran measured time by the opening and closing of cell doors. But midway through his sentence, a judge granted him the option to work or take classes during the day at a nearby university. The latter would change his life.
Nearly 42 million U.S. adults have attempted to earn a college degree or credential but left without one. This reality represents an alarming trend that underscores the urgent need to address the barriers to enrollment and the challenges preventing student success.
On this podcast, Lumina Foundation's Courtney Brown offers insight on the targeted strategies that college presidents, boards, and executive leadership can take to improve access and retention of today's learners.
When it comes to putting people to work in Maryland, Gov. Wes Moore says he embraces the values he learned as a teenager in the U.S. Army: leave no one behind.
Moore talks about what his administration is doing to put the citizens of Maryland into good-paying jobs and careers in this interview.
