Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Lee Gardner, The Chronicle of Higher Education
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When Daniel Greenstein took over as chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education in 2018, it was bleeding students and money, and he was an unknown quantity as a system leader. Last month, he announced plans to step down in October, having led for six tumultuous years that included merging six of the system’s 14 four-year public universities in an attempt to save all of them from fiscal insolvency. Whether he ultimately “saved” the system still remains to be seen, but Greenstein has shown he can marshal the forces of a large public-university system for change. |
| Elena Moore, Boise State Public Radio SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Vice President Kamala Harris is bolstering her outreach to young people just in time for students to head back to school and as the campaign enjoys an increase in support among Gen Z and younger millennial voters. The campaign plans to invest in new digital ads on campus and social media, double its youth organizing staff around the country, and launch a college campus tour in battleground states. |
| Julian Alssid and Kaitlin LeMoine, Work Forces SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Kristen Fox, the CEO of the Business-Higher Education Forum, is well aware of the critical intersection of business and higher education, as well as the importance of creating inclusive solutions for talent challenges. On this podcast, Fox discusses her organization's strategic focus areas, including illuminating skill gaps, developing new work-based learning models, and convening action-oriented forums. |
| Emily Tate Sullivan, EdSurge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When Tim Walz was announced as the running mate for Kamala Harris earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea of educators serving in public office. In many ways, politics is an obvious and natural progression for educators, teacher-candidates and political scientists say. In this interview, five individuals running for election—three classroom teachers, one superintendent, and an early childhood advocate—share their motivations and the skills and experiences that would set them up for success in office, if elected in November. |
| Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The ongoing legal battle over the Biden administration's new income-driven plan, known as Save, has upended loan repayments for millions of borrowers, including Stephanie Rodriguez. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a temporary pause on the program. Without access to a low-cost plan, Rodriguez would see her monthly student loan bill jump from $10 to $601. |
| Marc Novicoff, Washington Monthly SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Like most graduates of Northwestern University's online master’s of arts in counseling program, Joe Vegas is buried in debt. Fifty-five miles from Northwestern University, in an unfashionable west-of-Chicago suburb, lies Aurora University. The scrappy, unassuming institution offers an addiction-focused mental health master’s degree, also mostly online. It’s classified under the same counseling umbrella as Northwestern's, but it has very different outcomes. |
| Meredith Shimer, WBKO (Kentucky) |
| Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, New America |
| Erin Gretzinger and David Jesse, The Assembly |
| Jane Swift, Higher Ed Dive |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Lauren Weber, The Wall Street Journal |
| Tania Otero Martinez, Center for American Progress |
| Korie Dean, Raleigh News & Observer |
| Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters |
| Joe Lawlor, Portland Press Herald |
| Nicole Gregory, The Orange County Register |
| Kent Phillippe, DataPoints |
| Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews |
| Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch |
| Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury |
| Sydney Sims, Capital B Atlanta |
| Ryan Shaffer, Public Radio for Eastern North Carolina |
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