Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Liam Knox, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn It’s Virginia Foxx’s last week as chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and she’s feeling reflective. When the North Carolina Republican assumed the chair in early 2023, her main goal was to finally reauthorize the Higher Education Act, which had been languishing since 2008. Her vision didn't happen. In this interview, the 81-year-old congresswoman talks about the year that shook higher education, abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, and ushering in a new era for federal oversight of colleges. |
| Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Internships play a vital role in transitioning students from college to the world of work, providing a valuable workforce training tool and even helping them secure employment. But there's one problem: Internships are in short supply. Last year, employers provided 2.5 million high-quality internships, compared to 8.2 million people who wanted one, according to a recent report from the Business-Higher Education Forum. The organization says another million internships offered did not meet the high standards of quality and skill development. |
| Lois Elfman, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn On January 1, 2024, a new bill known as SB 17 went into effect in the state of Texas, effectively banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programming and training at public institutions. Now, nearly one year later, the experiences of the students navigating a new reality under the legislation are coming to light. In a new study, the USC Race and Equity Center suggests that a lack of DEI programming is jeopardizing critical efforts designed to empower students, foster inclusion, and address systemic disparities. |
| Steve Eder, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Jabil, a major manufacturer of electronics components for the tech industry, made a startling discovery in the spring of 2021: It had been relying on dozens of undocumented workers, contracted from a staffing agency, to power its manufacturing sites near Silicon Valley. Jabil ultimately fired the individuals, causing the company to fall behind on both existing orders and bids for new business. How Jabil navigated the sudden loss of undocumented workers—years before Donald J. Trump won re-election on a pledge of mass deportations of illegal immigrants—foreshadows the possible road ahead for companies that rely on staffing agencies to fill jobs at factories, warehouses, and distribution centers. |
| Adam Echelman, CalMatters SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn California’s community colleges are experimenting with competency-based education, but at Madera Community College, it’s creating a divide between faculty and college administrators. In the new model, students learn at their own pace and can finish their courses whenever they prove that they’ve mastered the requisite skill or “competency.” Advocates say competency-based learning is an opportunity to help employers and get older adults who lack a college degree back to school. |
| Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn It's a question on the minds of many current and future employees across the country: Will artificial intelligence eliminate jobs or unlock economic opportunity for workers and the human potential in all of us? Ellie Bertan of GitLab Foundation weighs in with her thoughts on the impact of AI, its equity potential, and how her organization aims to make the technology work for people, not against them. |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed |
| Steve Dubb, Nonprofit Quarterly |
| Preston Cooper, American Enterprise Institute |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman |
| Karen Brown, New England Public Media |
| Tanzania Cooper, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Tia Caldwell, New America |
| Mark Lucivero and Cassie Semyon, Spectrum News |
| Maria Carrasco, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| Matthew Dembicki, Community College Daily |
| Ryan Craig, Inside Higher Ed |
| Frederick Hess, Education Next |
| Joe Ulery, Public News Service |
| Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
| The Institute for College Access & Success |
| American Council on Education and CAEL |
| UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools |
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