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Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the United States are in limbo today, after a Texas judge ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unconstitutional. President Joe Biden has already pledged to appeal the ruling, calling on Congress to create a permanent resolution.
On this podcast, legal experts offer an overview of DACA's current landscape and what happens next. Two DACA recipients who could be hurt by the recent decision join the conversation to give their thoughts, as well.

The COVID-19 crisis exposed a number of issues in the way people—young or old—are equipped with the skills they need to secure a good-paying job. There are challenges—but there are also opportunities.
Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis and WorkingNation's Jane Oates explore work and learning in a post-pandemic world on this podcast.

As colleges and universities face mounting pressure to raise completion rates, many are embracing predictive analytics as a way to identify which students are at risk of failing courses or dropping out. But how accurate are those predictions?
Data experts put six predictive models to the test.

Like many high school students who graduated during the coronavirus pandemic, QuangHuy Bui, 19, didn’t go straight to college. After watching YouTube videos, Bui went to work as a barber. But the last year also clarified his bigger goals. He wants to own a barbershop someday—maybe even a franchise.
Driven by that larger goal—and his family’s refusal to let him get complacent—Bui is headed to the University of Colorado Boulder this fall, where he plans to major in business. He’s part of an influx of students picking up college plans that were delayed by the pandemic.