Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Audrey Williams June, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The American system of higher education is noteworthy, in part, for its variability. It includes public, private, and nonprofit institutions, large, small, and in-between ones, as well as residential and commuter campuses. There’s something for everybody, which makes it tough to fully understand the sweep and diversity of institutions that make up the bulk of the sector. But what if today's nearly 4,000 degree-granting colleges were boiled down to 100 institutions? Here is what that would look like. |
| Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Higher education institutions across the country have been working to provide support for student veterans since The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, also known as the G.I. Bill, was signed into law in 1944. But new research shows that the services are not necessarily reaching as many veterans as they could, particularly at rural community colleges. |
| Matthew Arrojas, BestColleges SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Given President Joe Biden's late exit from the presidential race, the rise of Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate has been rapid, and more details about her official policy positions will likely come to light in the next few weeks and months. Still, with six years as California's attorney general, four years as a U.S. senator, and nearly four years as the vice president, Harris already has a track record on issues important to current, future, and former college students. |
| Joelle Renstrom, WBUR SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Morehouse College recently announced plans to use AI teaching assistants in some of its classes this fall. The new AI TAs are represented by 3D spatial avatars and rely on technology from OpenAI—the company that makes ChatGPT—for conversational interactions. Using AI in the classroom isn’t new, but these TA avatars move a step beyond how colleges and universities have typically used this technology. However, many say a virtual TA can’t relate to students, especially struggling ones. |
| Ashley Bolter, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn This summer has been a stressful one for Leslie Valdovinos as she waits on her financial aid offer letter for her fourth year at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Widespread issues with the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid caused unprecedented difficulties with the application, resulting in delays in college decisions and making it particularly hard for many students. Now, some are taking out loans as they await word on how much money they'll actually get. |
| Maggie Hicks, EdSurge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years, and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. But as generative AI tools like ChatGPT sweep into mainstream business tools, new questions are rising about what role writing centers should play—or whether they will be needed in the future. |
| Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive |
| Anna Crockett, Emily Ryder Perlmeter, and Xiaohan Zhang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Will Walkey, Public News Service |
| Chantal Brown, EdNC (North Carolina) |
| Peter Hans, The Chronicle Review |
| David Leebron, Odessa American |
| Nick Fouriezos, The Daily Yonder |
| Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes |
| Jennifer Steadman, CT Mirror |
| Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed |
| Sara Chernikoff, USA Today |
| Jim Martin, Erie Times-News |
| Sydney Sims, Capital B Atlanta |
| Maria Carrasco, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| Lane Glenn, Community College Daily |
| Association for Community College Trustees |
| North Carolina Department of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Innovation |
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