Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In the last year, as colleges throughout the country face sharp drops in enrollment and intense political scrutiny, a growing collection of polls has suggested grim prospects for the public perception of higher education. But Americans still value higher education, according to a new report from New America; the reasons behind enrollment declines are far more nuanced than journalists often frame them to be, and the polls reflect the public’s biases and misconceptions. |
| Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Angel Cortez, 43, is a Mexican immigrant who always wanted better job options for himself and for his family. When he heard about a program at Merced College that would help him develop new skills for agriculture, he took a chance. Cortez is part of the first cohort in a new certificate program launched last month at seven Central Valley community colleges that aims to ensure farmworkers don't get displaced as California's powerhouse agricultural industry transitions to a more mechanized future. |
| Rosemary Costigan, Community College Daily SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In an era where the cost of higher education continues to rise, community colleges remain a critical gateway to opportunity for millions of students. These institutions provide affordable, accessible, and high-quality education, enabling individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue their academic and career goals. However, community colleges often operate on limited budgets, making private philanthropic gifts essential in driving innovation and expanding access, writes the interim president of the Community College of Rhode Island in this op-ed. |
| Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In 2015, Tennessee’s public colleges became some of the first higher education institutions to eliminate stand-alone remedial courses. Now, a 10-year analysis shows how almost 100,000 students fared before and after the new policy. Like earlier research, this study of Tennessee's two-year community colleges found that after the elimination of remedial classes, students passed more college courses, both introductory courses in English and math, as well as more advanced courses in those subjects. However, the extra credit accumulation effect quickly faded. |
| Jamal Watson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Historically, only about two percent of Black males have pursued careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. A new video series hopes to shed light on how Black male students develop their perceptions of STEM-related careers, with recommendations and suggestions on the support and resources they need to succeed from primary school through a Ph.D. |
| Jacob Clemente, TIME SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The idea that artificial intelligence will dramatically expand productivity over the next 10 years is a foregone conclusion for many technology leaders and analysts—except for Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this interview, Acemoglu discusses the ways in which he believes AI will impact education and jobs by 2030. |
| John E. Cech, The EvoLLLution |
| Mike Moen, Public News Service |
| James Rinker, The Keene Sentinel |
| Stephanie Breen, The Pell Institute |
| Lee Maxey, Chief Learning Officer |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Natasha Sokoloff, The CT Insider |
| Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill |
| Sheridan Hendrix, The Columbus Dispatch |
| Jean Marbella, The Baltimore Sun |
| Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed |
| Elizabeth Kelsey, The Telegraph Herald (Iowa) |
| Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics |
| Kelly Meyerhofer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| Alicia Fabbre, The Daily Herald |
| David Ress, The Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| David Tobenkin, Community College Daily |
| Hannah Vinueza McClellan and Emily Thomas, EdNC (North Carolina) |
| Adam Echelman, CalMatters |
| University of California Civil Rights Project at UCLA and the UC Davis School of Law |
| National Conference of State Legislatures |
| The California Alliance for Student Parent Success |
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