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, Voices of Student Success SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Student mental health is a growing concern for colleges and universities, which made heavy investments in digital solutions to improve students’ health and wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. But how well do these applications actually serve students? On this podcast, Sara Abelson of The Hope Center explains what digital mental health interventions are, how they support students’ mental health, and the need for more data on these supports and the students who use them. |
| Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Since its founding last year, the Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) College Network—a coalition of 16 public and private institutions—has sent representatives to 1,100 small-town high schools in 49 states, providing more than 700,000 rural students with the information and support they need to enroll in a bachelor’s degree program. Now, many more students are poised to receive the same help. Thanks to a generous donation, STARS is doubling in size. |
Michael Burke, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In Washington State, some students want a bachelor’s degree to enter careers like teaching and nursing but don’t have a local four-year university to attend. Fortunately for them, they have another option: getting that degree from a community college. It’s an idea that California has taken steps to embrace, with the passage of a law allowing the state’s community college system to approve up to 30 new bachelor’s degrees annually, not just associate degrees and certificates. But some officials and advocates believe the colleges could be doing more if not for restrictions on what they can offer. |
| Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn There are an estimated 2.8 million unfilled STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) jobs in this country. Meanwhile, women make up just 28 percent of the STEM workforce. Since 2016, Brittany Greer, executive director of the nonprofit Rosie Riveters, has been working to change that statistic.
In this interview, Greer describes how her organization inspires more young girls from diverse backgrounds to consider STEM degrees and careers.
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| Kate Hidalgo Bellows, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Thirteen California State University campuses now use the term "academic notice" in lieu of "academic probation" for students who are struggling in their classes. Why? Research shows that the connotation of "probation" can keep students from asking for help—particularly male students and students of color. Experts on higher education and equity say that while dropping “probation” is a step in the right direction, there are other ways colleges can tweak their approach to working with students who are in academic trouble. |
| Liz Navratil, The Star Tribune SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Markese Trèjion Seaborn is set to begin classes at Minnesota North College in Hibbing next month. But there's a glitch: He's still waiting to find out how much he'll have to pay. Like thousands of other students in Minnesota and across the country, Seaborn is caught in the middle of an especially chaotic college admissions cycle. |
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| Katherine Penn and Nimisha Barton, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
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