Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Nearly 41 million Generation Z Americans are eligible to vote in November’s election. That large voting bloc could make the difference in an election that will likely be determined by small margins. But voting laws differ by state, and access varies from campus to campus for the roughly 18 million students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Add the complexity of last-minute changes to election laws, including an increasing number of states implementing voter ID, and that confusion could hurt participation. |
| Amanda Friedman, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Faculty members at the University of Connecticut worry that dozens of majors could face elimination as part of a review of low-enrollment programs—a process that began amid a significant budget deficit. While a host of public regional universities have taken heavy hits to their academic offerings, what’s happening at UConn reflects that these financial struggles are not exclusive to smaller, less-resourced institutions. |
| Carmen Mendoza, Different Voices of Student Success SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Sometimes, all it takes to keep a student from giving up is just one person. One person who notices, cares, takes the time to connect, and knows how to marshal the college’s resources to help. Harry Zarin, a counselor at Montgomery College in Maryland, became that person for Nicole Javitt during her freshman year. |
| Carolyn Jones, CalMatters SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When California banned private colleges from favoring the children of donors and alumni in the admissions process, it intended to help level the playing field for prospective students after the U.S. Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions policies in June 2023. But some college counselors question whether the ban will make much of a difference. |
| Alejandro Ravazzola, WorkingNation SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Hispanics are the second fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the country. They're also less likely to have access to high-quality health care. Just six percent of U.S. doctors today are Hispanic, leaving many patients and communities struggling to find culturally competent care. A new documentary takes a deep dive into the stories of first-generation Latinos who are overcoming barriers like low-income backgrounds, lack of mentorship, and fear of debt as they pursue their dreams of becoming doctors. |
| Solcyré Burga, Time Magazine SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Numerous lawsuits continue to stifle aspects of the Biden Administration's broader student loan forgiveness, leaving it in legal limbo. While the judiciary wields significant power over the future of student loan debt relief, voters will soon have influence at the ballot box: Student loan forgiveness could be handled very differently depending on who the country elects as its next president. |
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| Taylor Johnson, The Modesto Bee |
| Angela Dennis, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes |
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| Samantha Smylie and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat Chicago |
| Aubrey Wright, Indiana Public Media |
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