Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Erie County community members once begged for a community college in their area. In fall 2021, they got one. The upstart Pennsylvania institution had two offices and rented out classrooms on the third floor of an old Catholic high school. Pandemic-driven supply chain delays meant desks and chairs might not arrive in time for the start of classes, so folding tables from a nearby Sam's Club served as a substitute. It was a rocky start. Now campus leaders say the new community college, nicknamed EC3, is thriving. |
| Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When Robert Ubell first applied for a job at a university's online program back in the late 1990s, he had no experience with online education. But then again, hardly anyone else did either. The story of how higher education went from a reluctant innovator to today—when more than half of American college students take at least one online course—offers plenty of lessons for how to bring new teaching practices to colleges. |
| Goran Trajkovski, The EvoLLLution SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Artificial intelligence is knocking on the doors of colleges and universities worldwide, promising a revolution in how we teach, learn, and conduct research. But as with any transformative technology, misconceptions abound. In reality, AI in higher education is far more nuanced than many headlines suggest. What follows are 10 persistent myths about AI in higher education. |
| Kirk Carapezza and Jon Marcus, College Uncovered SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn College campuses have become battlegrounds in America’s culture wars, with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at the center of the debate. In at least 20 states, Republican lawmakers are pushing to limit or even ban DEI initiatives at public universities. On this podcast, investigative reporter Phillip Martin traces the historical roots of DEI policies and explains what scaling them back means for today’s students and their families. |
| Dwayne Yancey, Cardinal News SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Virginia’s state-supported colleges are bloated with administrators. The skinflint General Assembly has cut funding to higher education. And tuition is soaring out of control. All that’s true, right? Wrong. The legislature’s watchdog agency this week produced a 157-page report that methodically undermines some popular notions about the state of higher education in Virginia. |
| Jonaki Mehta, NPR SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Brenda H. almost didn’t make it to her first day of college. She tried to apply for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid four times but encountered glitch after glitch. The delay meant she committed to a college without knowing if she could afford it. This year, students had to make all kinds of decisions about college before knowing how much financial aid they would get. Now, some are scrambling to stay in school. |
| Sara Custer, Inside Higher Ed |
| Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune |
| Jack Arpey, Spectrum News |
| James DeVaney, Learning Innovation |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Diana Budds, The Architect's Newspaper |
| Walter Hudson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed |
| Catharine B. Hill, Los Angeles Times |
| Alexa Molina, The CT Mirror |
| Korie Dean, The News & Observer |
| Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat Colorado |
| INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine |
| Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive |
| Anthony Lonetree, The Minnesota Star Tribune |
| Juliet Schulman-Hall, MassLive |
| Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission |
| National Conference of State Legislatures |
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