Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Luna Laliberte, The Chronicle of Higher Education
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Many students who might want to go to college face barriers. They don’t know how to apply. They’re not sure how much it will cost. They’re afraid of taking on debt. Arizona State University hopes its new partnership with YouTube and an edutainment-production company called Complexly will encourage those students to give college a try. |
| Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Two-thirds of the 3.3 million college students eligible for federal food assistance in 2020 didn’t access it, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
For student advocates, the GAO findings underscore the need for more systemic changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as well as for colleges to reach out to students who are potentially eligible for SNAP to ensure they are aware of its benefits.
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| Rebekah Barber, Nonprofit Quarterly SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Founded in San Quentin Prison in 2010 by venture capitalist Chris Redlitz and his wife, Beverly Parenti, The Last Mile program aims to stop the cycle of incarceration by providing technical education and training to people in prison. In this interview, The Last Mile’s Kevin McCracken talks about his organization’s work to combat recidivism. As a formerly incarcerated person himself, McCracken notes that the key to reducing incarceration is education and employment opportunities—not tough-on-crime laws. |
| Ashley White, NOLA SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Trade schools have long been treated as an alternative route for those who found a four-year college more difficult. But that mindset is starting to change. More students are considering career education programs at community colleges, which are more affordable than four-year degrees and offer a faster, more direct route into the workforce. Just ask Sonya Barber. |
| Zachary Schermele, USA Today SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The Republican Party has a long wish list of things it hopes to change about American schools. High on it is abolishing the U.S. Department of Education and rendering a major blow to student debt relief. As the presidential election draws nearer—and the country's political climate becomes increasingly fraught—students and families in vulnerable circumstances are growing more anxious about how a conservative roadmap for education could alter their lives. |
| Maya King, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn As Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign rushes to shore up its base, its efforts will be bolstered by a ready-made coalition: the more than two million members of Black Greek-letter organizations who have quickly united to mobilize Black voters nationwide. After all, Harris, who has been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha since her undergraduate days at Howard University, is one of them. |
| Johnny Jackson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Jim Paterson, Community College Daily |
| Truman Hudson, Trish Aumann, and Damýen Davis, The EvoLLLution |
| Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Leoneda Inge, Brianna Atkinson, and Cole del Charco, North Carolina Public Radio |
| Ken Molestina, Lexi Salazar, Scott Fralicks, and Katie Standing, CBS News Texas |
| Ron Southwick, Chief Healthcare Executive |
| Ivory A. Toldson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Raumesh Akbari, The Tennessean |
| Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Isabel Lohman, Bridge Detroit |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| Ryan Anderson, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |
| William Ford, Maryland Matters |
| Suzanne Potter, Public News Service |
| Richelle Wilson, Wisconsin Public Radio |
| Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News |
| Government Accountability Office |
| American Enterprise Institute |
| Community College Research Center |
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