Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Sonel Cutler, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Zeltin Mozo had been enrolled at Mills College, a small institution for women, when trouble struck. First, leaders of the 170-year-old college announced in 2021 that it would close after years of financial problems. Then the plans changed: The campus, in Oakland, Calif., would actually be absorbed by Northeastern University, a large research university in Boston. For Mozo and other former students, the merger ensured that their academic journey wouldn’t be disrupted by a campus closure. But now they're also mourning the quirky, social-justice-focused college experience that was lost. |
| Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Teacher shortages have been front and center in the news for a number of years, deepening during the pandemic, and continuing to be a huge issue in many states. Yet, as in all things, states differ in their education policies and in the ways that teachers are prepared, compensated, and supported. These differences can result in dramatically different levels of student access to a diverse, stable, and well-qualified educator workforce across the country. |
| Joe Schulz, Wisconsin Public Radio SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Artificial intelligence could transform the future of work in Wisconsin, but state leaders hope to help the technology expand in a way that protects workers and fills existing gaps in the labor force. A task force of state agency officials, industry leaders, representatives from organized labor, and education officials wrapped up months of work on that issue last week. Its final advisory action plan includes policy recommendations around artificial intelligence in K-12 and higher education, government, workforce development, and economic development. |
| Scott Brocato, KRWG SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Child Trends, a research organization focused on improving the lives of children and youth, recently partnered with Santa Fe Community College to learn more about the experiences of student parents in New Mexico. Their report, “The New Mexico College Student Experience Study," explores the goals, challenges, and needs of student parents in the state. The study’s lead author, Renee Ryberg, discusses the findings and potential solutions in this interview. |
| Lisa Kurian Philip, WBEZ SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The college dreams of hundreds of low-income and first-generation students from Chicago are up in the air after a north suburban family backed out on a longstanding commitment to provide scholarships just weeks before the start of classes. Former Abbott Laboratories executive Jack Schuler announced earlier this month that his family’s education foundation was suspending all scholarship payments. The announcement has since left many students scrambling for answers. |
| The Different Voices of Student Success Resource Center SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Maine is the most rural state in the country. It’s also the state with the highest percentage of seniors. For the Maine Community College System, this leaves a unique challenge: How can it engage students from across its remote rural and coastal communities and create curricula that better prepares them to meet the needs of employers? In an effort to nurture home-grown talent and attract individuals from outside Maine, a close partnership between the state government, local employers, and Maine’s community colleges has resulted in greater investments in remote learning and remote work. |
| Tabitha Whissemore, Community College Daily |
| Heather F. Perfetti, Bridget Boody, and Amy Moseder, Beyond Transfer |
| Colleen Connolly, Work Shift |
| Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta and Daniel Rossman, Ithaka S+R |
| Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times |
| National Bureau of Economic Research |
| Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public |
| Mary Churchill, Inside Higher Ed |
| Herbert L. White, The Charlotte Post (North Carolina) |
| Christian Riley Dutcher, KOMU |
| Community College Research Center |
| State Higher Education Executive Officers |
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