Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
The partisan divide in the United States seems unbridgeable at times, and many issues in higher education are deeply dividing politicians. But with the 2024 election just days away, there’s a remarkable amount of alignment around the importance of workforce development and training and how to strengthen it.
The National Governors Association's Amanda Winters and Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations explore the relative consensus between the parties and its implications on this podcast.
Why is it harder for community college students studying far from four-year universities to transfer?
The answer to that question—which is at the heart of a new study previewed at a webinar last week—could influence state higher education officials’ thinking on proposals to expand bachelor’s degree offerings at community colleges.
Many middle-income families are frustrated by the cost of higher education, feeling they earn too much for financial aid but not enough to pay for it themselves.
Some schools—many of them private, nonprofit institutions trying to compete with lower-priced public universities—are beginning to designate financial aid specifically for middle-income families in an attempt to help.
In recent years, a growing body of research has looked at the impact of college ‘deserts’—often defined as an area where people live more than a 30-minute drive to a campus—and found that those residing close to a college are more likely to attend.
But a new study shows that these higher education deserts affect some groups of students much differently than others.
At first glance, Penn State students Ryan Klein and Baybars Charkas seem to have a lot in common—until they start talking about politics. Klein is the president of the university's College Republicans chapter, and Charkas is the president of its College Democrats chapter.
But in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck, these two college seniors are putting participation over party.
At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, high school senior Reid Rogers is embracing a hands-on education. Zoo School, as it’s called, is part of something that Ohio schools champion: career and technical education.
Over the past 50 years, CTE has come a long way from wood shop. The zoo opportunity is an example of modern CTE, where young people get exposure in high school to career skills—and mentors—and a jump on a profession. But these days, that doesn’t mean they’re not going on to college: Most, if not all, of the Zoo School students will pursue degrees.
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