Daily Lumina News 080620

Last fall, more than 100 admissions leaders, policy makers, and researchers gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss the system that just about everyone thinks is broken but no one is quite sure how to fix.
Those discussions later inspired eight new research briefs designed to answer the big question: How can the college admissions process better serve low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented minority students?

Students who stopped short of earning their degrees at Texas State University may soon receive a personalized phone call or text encouraging them to re-enroll.
The university recently announced a three-year partnership with ReUp Education, a company that uses predictive analytics to help higher education institutions contact students who quit college and coach them to degree completion.

Students pay the ultimate price when a college abruptly closes its doors. Just ask Michael Stone. Stone was about to begin his senior year at Marygrove College when he learned of the school's plans to end its undergraduate programs.
Now, because of the coronavirus pandemic, many more students could soon experience the pain that hit Detroit’s Marygrove College community.

Marjorie Blen had nearly finished her associate’s degree at the City College of San Francisco when the pandemic hit. Suddenly, classes moved to an unfamiliar online format, and her life became full of logistical hardships and financial ones.
In this podcast, Blen talks about her own activism to help other students continue their studies. She is joined by Mordecai I. Brownlee of St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas, who offers insight on what colleges can do to support students during these unprecedented times.