Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Student parents can be pulled in many directions as they focus on their academics while providing for their households. These challenges often make them less engaged on campus or less likely to use resources. With these issues in mind, two universities in California took a different approach to "Bring a Kid to Work Day" this year as a way to highlight the lived experiences of parenting students and encourage policy conversations to better address their needs. |
| Jamie Merisotis, Forbes SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Today’s colleges and universities face immense challenges, to be sure—but artificial intelligence also presents them with a dual opportunity: They can use AI systems to educate people for good jobs more quickly and at less expense, and they can build instruction about AI itself across majors and disciplines. And for students of all ages and levels, we may need to adjust our advice about AI, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in this column for Forbes. The new message? Skill up—and keep it up. In today’s world, frequent reskilling is the only way to stay ahead of the game. |
| Amanda Friedman, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The politically tied New College of Florida alumnus who planted the seeds for an ideological overhaul of the public liberal-arts institution now sits on the presidential-search committee at another Florida public university. Robert N. Allen Jr. is part of the committee at Florida Atlantic University, which is making a second attempt to find a president. The first search crumbled last year over accusations of unethical political manipulation and illegal procedures. |
| Gianna Toboni, CBS Reports SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Approximately 95 percent of the nearly 2 million incarcerated people in the United States will be released back into society one day, and historically, many are likely to reoffend. Authorities in California are attempting to alter this situation by offering inmates access to education, training, and other rehabilitative opportunities—programs that have demonstrated the ability to decrease recidivism and enhance public safety. This video examines a controversial approach some see as being “soft on crime,” which now may be preventing it. |
| Shalin Jyotishi, New America SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Congress did something invaluable but underappreciated with the passage of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The “science” part of the legislation empowered the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand support for community colleges and their work to prepare students for emerging technology sectors. But in March, Congress slashed more than $800 million from the NSF budget instead of following through on CHIPS budget targets. Four leading community college presidents explain why it is imperative to reverse course on that decision. |
| Stephanie Saul, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When J.D. Vance applied to law school, he viewed it as a pathway out of his chaotic upbringing in working-class Middletown, Ohio. Then he won a spot at his dream school. Yale Law not only accepted him for the fall of 2010, but also offered a nearly full ride. Many students and professors remember the G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee as warm, personable, and even charismatic. But some are perplexed by what they see as his shift in ideology. |
| Isabel Cardenas-Navia, The EvoLLLution |
| David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder, Marketplace |
| Lexie Ponce, Idaho Capital Sun |
| Paolo Zialcita, Colorado Public Radio |
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| Liann Herder, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| McKenna Horsley, News From the States |
| Douglas Soule, Tallahassee Democrat |
| Harrison Peters, Chalkbeat |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| Hannah Gross, NJ Spotlight News |
| Megan Tomasic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| Ashley Young, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute |
| Danielle Smith, Public News Service |
| Laurel Kalser, Higher Ed Dive |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| National Bureau of Economic Research |
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