Daily Lumina News 062723

Late June is normally a peaceful time on college campuses. Not this year.
On Zoom calls, in working groups, and in text chains, officials at colleges and universities across the country are anxiously preparing. Within days, the U.S. Supreme Court could bar them from considering race as a factor in the admissions process.

Hundreds of high schools across Texas offer classes to prepare students for careers in law enforcement, including corrections. This career-training program is the biggest of its kind in the country, enrolling almost 162,000 students in the school year that just ended.
Now, the Texas prison system hopes to tap into that pool of students to help ease its severe staffing shortage.

The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into a Michigan private college that aggressively markets its programs to students but only graduates 22 percent of them.
The college is Baker College, and the move comes in the wake of a report last year that found a slew of troubling practices at the institution, including the fact that Baker spent more on marketing than financial aid.

U.S. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. They graduate with skills the United States needs, and they want to stay here. But many can’t.
Why? Because the U.S. immigration system often requires that international graduates convert from student to work visas, but they can't if they don't already have a job offer. Other countries are doing it differently—and reaping the benefits.

College works out well for most students, including those who take out loans. Yet, new research shows that some students do not see income gains after college, perhaps because they attended a low-value program, did not complete their degree, or faced systemic barriers in the labor market and beyond.
These borrowers struggle with their payments over the years, often experiencing growing balances and defaults. As they near retirement age, they fare even worse than seniors who never went to college, researchers say.

A new law will change the game for community college students in the Lone Star State, especially for students from low-income backgrounds and adult learners.
But perhaps the most interesting story surrounding the passage of House Bill 8 is the pivotal role that student advocates played in its development.