Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
What Happened When One Community College Confronted Housing Insecurity in a New Way Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education
SHARE: Facebook • Twitter As many of today's college students know all too well, it's difficult to learn when you’re not sure where you’re going to sleep at night. Such struggles can greatly reduce students’ chances of getting a degree while harming their health and well-being. Ten years ago, Tacoma Community College partnered with the city’s housing authority to confront this challenge in a new way. |
A Conversation With Dr. Joyce Payne, Founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Wendy Herkey, WFAE
SHARE: Facebook • Twitter As college graduation season wraps up and new graduates everywhere are celebrating their hard work and achievements, the cost of college remains one of the biggest hurdles to higher education. This is particularly true among Black students, where a lack of funding is a top reason for drop-outs. The funding problem has been around for many years, and Dr. Joyce Payne has devoted herself to the issue dating back to the 1980s. Payne discusses her efforts to help support Black students and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in this interview. |
| Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR SHARE: Facebook • Twitter This year's college financial aid process was supposed to be easier after the U.S. Department of Education revamped the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. By now, however, everyone knows the revamp didn't go as expected. Even after technical fixes were implemented, some students remain stuck in financial aid limbo. Families, students, counselors, and advocates share their FAFSA stories. |
| Doug Lederman, The Key
SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Colleges and universities are increasingly being judged by how well they prepare students for jobs and careers once they graduate, and in response, most are trying to adapt their programs and offerings to align with the needs of employers. How are they doing?
This episode of The Key explores two recent studies from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce and the Upjohn Institute to answer that question with guest Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center at Rutgers University.
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| J. Brian Charles, The Chronicle of Higher Education
SHARE: Facebook • Twitter In the 20-plus years since Shaun Harper began his work advocating for underrepresented students, the DEI movement has become a powerful force in higher education. But as DEI’s public profile grows, so, too, do the attacks against it. And now, Harper faces the destruction of those practices he has long advocated and for which he is widely known. |
| Diana Lambert, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • Twitter California lags behind most states when it comes to education data systems, choosing to focus on compliance rather than program improvement. But that could soon change when the first phase of the Cradle-to-Career Data System goes live later this year. The goal of the new statewide longitudinal data system, known as C2C, is ambitious. It will link data from multiple state departments and education institutions, as well as provide resources for students planning for college and careers. |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Paulette Granberry Russell, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
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