Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn D.C.-area colleges and universities have long sought ties to the federal government, helping to run diversity trainings and educate diplomats, public administrators, and other federal workers. Some officials now worry those efforts, playing out so close to the White House, could draw extra scrutiny as the Trump administration limits work on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. |
| Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Students at Florida State University can cheer on the Seminoles across multiple sports, but they can no longer learn about the namesake tribe of Indigenous Americans as part of FSU’s general education offerings after the Florida Board of Governors approved sweeping curriculum changes late last week. That vote marks the final step in a contentious and controversial process that removes hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities. |
| Lancy Downs, New America SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In the world of education and work, apprenticeships are a popular topic. Not as popular? The conversation about funding them. That’s because doing so can prove complicated: Supporting and scaling apprenticeship programs usually involves piecing together multiple local, state, and federal funding streams. Each source has different funding periods, reporting requirements, and rules about how the money can be spent. Colorado is trying to address this challenge and, in doing so, make programs easier to run and scale. |
| Natalie Schwartz, Laura Spitalniak, and Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn President Donald Trump's second term began with a flurry of executive orders—more than three dozen in just two weeks. Those directives aim to carry out many of Trump’s campaign promises, including tightening immigration, cracking down on student protests, and stamping out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Many of these early orders could have far-reaching implications for colleges and universities, which have found themselves navigating mandates that are often unclear in their scope. |
| Jayla Moody Marshall, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In 2016, Compton College began an ambitious campaign to support homeless students and address the basic needs of all learners. Today, the school is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. More than a physical space, however, the multiphase project is focused on fostering community and instilling students with a sense of belonging. |
| Zachary Schermele, USA Today SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Last October, Antonio Flores peered over the president’s left shoulder. Flores, the head of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, stood just behind Joe Biden as he brandished a new executive order that created, for the first time, a presidential advisory board on Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Three months later, with another stroke of a different pen, President Donald Trump reversed it all. |
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