Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
Jeffrey Brown, Rethinking College SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn It's been called “the death of the humanities.” Over the last decade, majors in English and history are down by a third, and humanities enrollment overall is down by almost a fifth. An initiative at Purdue University is working to improve those statistics and revive liberal arts as a key part of the college experience. The effort, called Cornerstone, is a general education program that injects the liberal arts into all realms of the freshman academic experience. |
| Melissa Ezarik, The Key SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Donde Plowman, the chancellor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Amber Williams, the university’s vice president of student success, take a "people-first" approach to student success. On this podcast, the two women share their thoughts on defining and measuring student success and how their philosophy of "you don't quit when you're tired; you quit when it's done" contributes to their work. |
| Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Although average college tuition and fees have increased since last year, prices at public colleges and universities are rising at a slower pace than inflation. That finding—which means that the inflation- adjusted cost of college has actually decreased over time, even amid prevailing public perceptions that the cost of college has become so high that it’s not worth it—is the key takeaway of the College Board’s new 2024 “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid” annual report. |
| Carolyn Beeler, The World SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Jay Nikolewski knew from an early age where he wanted to live. Nikolewski never felt comfortable growing up in America and felt like he didn’t fit in. In high school, he decided Japan was the country for him. In 2023, he fulfilled that dream by moving to Japan and working toward a degree in Asian Studies at Temple University. Nikolewski explains why Japan became his education destination in this interview. |
| Joel Vargus, Community College Daily SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn By now, we've all seen the predictions that artificial intelligence could replace entire job categories—from customer service to assembly line workers. It’s much more likely, however, that AI will be less of a job killer and more of a job changer. As the primary connection point between education and workforce systems in this country, community colleges must now evolve to more effectively equip workers with the skills they need to keep pace with this tech-driven shift in the labor market, writes Jobs for the Future's Joel Vargus in this perspective piece. |
| Erin Strout, Work Shift SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Employment is often a crucial factor for people in addiction recovery—it serves as a stabilizing force that is proven to help many avoid relapse. Unfortunately, finding a job coming out of rehabilitation or incarceration is also notoriously difficult. Government and education officials in Kentucky aim to change that reality with a new training program to put people in recovery on the fast track to jobs supporting their peers. |
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| Marc Lutz, Idaho Business Review |
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Robb Smith and Henry Ramos, EdSource |
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| Jeff Strohl, Zachary Mabel, and Kathryn Peltier Campbell, Inside Higher Ed |
| Jill Kaufman, New England Public Media |
| Williesha Morris, Advance Local |
| Zachary Schermele, USA Today |
| Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman |
| Korie Dean, The News & Observer |
| Taylor Swaak, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Marina Villeneuve and Olivia Sanchez, The Hechinger Report |
| Wesley J. Perez Vidal, KFVS |
| Curtis Booker, The Daily Herald |
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| Public Policy Institute of California |
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