Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
What do young Democrats have to say about a college education? Plenty.
In interviews held at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, students shared their thoughts on the purpose of an American higher education and whether institutions are achieving that purpose right now. Among their biggest concerns: broadening college access, protecting campus protests, and ensuring academic freedom.
Two weeks ago, Anne Williams was angrily poring over an email from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette that said her son would have to spend his freshman year living at a hotel. Within days, she yanked him from the school and paid full tuition elsewhere.
Their situation is a striking example of the tough choices some families have had to make as students head back to college this fall amid a campus housing crunch.
Artificial intelligence is upending peer review, the time-honored tradition in which academics help judge which research should be elevated to publication—and which should go in the reject pile. Under the specter of ChatGPT, no one can be sure anymore that their intellectual labor is being read and judged by humans.
Scientists, even those who think generative AI can be a helpful tool, say it’s demoralizing to be on the receiving end of an evaluation blatantly outsourced to a robot.
College enrollment is bouncing back after a pandemic-era slump. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, enrollment grew by 2.5 percent this spring.
Leading the way are the nation’s community colleges. That sector of higher education made up about 55 percent of the recent bump. But the students who are returning to community college classrooms today are less interested in earning a bachelor’s degree. They’re coming for vocational training and high-tech skills.
Nationally, students of color are more likely than their white peers to consider stopping out of college, and this is most true for Black and Latino students.
An inaugural program at the University of Missouri at Kansas City is working to change that trajectory. The effort, called The Men of Color Academy, provides learners a leg up in their college experience, empowering men of color with personalized success coaching, regular group meetings, service projects, and academic support.
Texas is at the frontier of state community college funding with a new formula that puts big money into student outcomes—including employment and earnings—rather than just enrollment.
The bill, known as HB 8, was passed last year, and already community colleges are gaining millions of dollars more in funding. With it, they are designing new programs, providing free tuition, and investing in student success efforts.
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