Daily Lumina News 102023

The road to higher educational attainment runs through every Hispanic household in America. With a population of 63.7 million, Hispanics are the country’s largest minority group, and today one in every five students in higher ed is Hispanic.
The numbers make it clear: We can’t meet the nation’s attainment goals—or its workforce demands—without giving Hispanic and Latino students the support they need to complete their educations beyond high school, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in his column for Forbes.

Public polling on higher education lately is setting off some alarm bells. If confidence is indeed falling, what does that mean for colleges?
In this interview, three campus leaders talk about the extent to which higher education is experiencing a crisis of public confidence, how that is manifesting itself, and what can be done to build trust.

Student parents are fast becoming a "new normal" in higher education today, with nearly one in four college students identifying as parenting students.
Amanda Winters and Portia Polk of the Center for Best Practices at the National Governors Association offer insight on how state policy reforms can elevate the voices and needs of this growing demographic.

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But he makes it clear to students that they are welcome to join any class session remotely via Zoom.
It’s a practice Blythe started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he's continuing to embrace the "HyFlex" teaching practice. Will more professors and schools follow suit? And how much flexibility is best to balance the convenience of remote learning and high-quality teaching?

It was 2020, and Meredith Bryant found herself working from home due to COVID-19. After establishing a career in marketing for eight years, she says she needed something more—a sense of purpose.
She ultimately discovered her purpose in teaching. Bryant is now putting her newfound passion to good use by helping students start their careers as entrepreneurs.

Recognizing that skills-based hiring can unlock massive new talent pipelines, companies from Apple to IBM to Accenture are recruiting and hiring based on skills over pedigree.
But while skills-based hiring can play a powerful role in helping businesses access untapped talent pools, it is just the beginning, say experts. Ensuring those workers succeed means providing training, coaching, and continuous support.