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Although postsecondary enrollment rates in the United States improved slightly in 2023, Black and Hispanic students still remain more likely to consider stopping their coursework, or withdrawing from college altogether, says the 2024 Lumina-Gallup State of Higher Education Study.
Understanding these underrepresented groups and their experiences with, and attitudes toward, higher education is critical for policymakers and others committed to improving opportunities for more Americans through an education beyond high school.

For years, colleges have promised that their campuses will be places where all students feel they belong, where they can learn from each other and their professors in an environment that is cooperative rather than combative.
But some are now questioning whether that's a realistic promise as campus leaders struggle to deliver on a core ideal.

What would postsecondary education look like in a world where true lifelong learning—people engaging in education or training at many points throughout their lives—became the norm?
Author and educator Mauro F. Guillén discusses what it would take for colleges and universities to operate as providers of lifelong learning for people in a society where one’s chronological age becomes less meaningful and work and learning blend throughout their lives.

Born in India, the youngest of five siblings, Fazil Khan moved to the United States to attend Columbia Journalism School. It was his first time leaving home. He eventually landed at The Hechinger Report, becoming a data journalist dedicated to exposing injustice.
Khan, 27, died February 23 in a fire in his Harlem apartment building. Though his time at Hechinger was brief, he made a dazzling imprint on those fortunate enough to call him a colleague.

Nearly one-third of the students at Florida Atlantic University are the first in their families to go to college.
For many of these individuals, walking onto campus can feel like crossing over into a whole new world.

Student parents attending community college often face enormous struggles balancing school, family, and work responsibilities.
New research re-examines why key wraparound services such as food, housing, and child-care support are instrumental in getting parenting students to and through community college.