Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Michael Burke, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When Dr. Daisy Gonzales took over as executive director of the California Student Aid Commission in June, she stepped into the position at a tumultuous time on the financial aid front, marked by state budget deficits and concerns over what President-elect Donald Trump will mean for undocumented students. Gonzales has a lot on her plate, not the least of which is transforming California's financial aid system and implementing safeguards to address the millions of financial aid dollars that the state's community colleges lost in 2024 to fraudsters. |
| Sara Custer, The Key SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In his final days in the newsroom, editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed and host of The Key podcast Doug Lederman sits down for an interview to discuss his nearly 40-year career in higher education and what he plans to do next. Lederman talks about his work as a journalist over four decades, including leading Inside Higher Ed for the past 20 years. He also shares what he envisions for the future of the publication and how its role to explain higher education to readers and hold it accountable is more important than ever. |
| Meredith Kolodner, Washington Monthly SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Although for-profit college officials and their investors are pleased with Donald Trump's return to the White House, the policies they support might impose more restrictions than they did during his first term in office. There will be similarities, but there are likely to be key differences, too. Here are some areas that for-profits—and their critics—will be watching in 2025. |
| Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn "Show your work" is taking on a new meaning—and importance—in the age of ChatGPT. As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of artificial intelligence to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Some teachers, however, are raising objections, arguing that the practice amounts to surveillance and violates student privacy. |
| Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Chalkbeat SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Growing up in Washington, D.C., Maria Ayala-Flores didn’t know much about her legal status. She knew she was born in El Salvador and that she and her parents had to renew their paperwork every 18 months. She considered the United States her home since she came here as an infant. She also dreamed of going to college to pursue her own goals and to make her parents proud. What she didn’t know was how tenuous her life in the United States was—or how her legal status would stand directly in the way of her college plans. |
| Liam Knox, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Approximately one out of every eight higher education institutions provides early decision options, with the majority being selective liberal arts colleges; only a small number are public universities. Critics argue that this practice favors wealthy applicants, implying that you must ensure your financial stability before accepting a binding acceptance offer. But the truth may be more complicated. In a post-affirmative action world, there may be potential benefits to the early decision process—not just for colleges, but for underrepresented students, too. |
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| Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Public Policy Institute of California (California) |
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