Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Matt Krupnick, ProPublica SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In the 1970s, Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for Indigenous communities. But a walk through Little Big Horn College in Montana with Emerson Bull Chief, the school's dean of academics, shows just how far that idea has to go before becoming a reality. The absence of resources leaves campuses without money for repairs to foundations, roofs, electrical systems, and water pipes. The colleges often lack funds to update academic programs and hire enough instructors. Many are the only colleges in the area. |
| Stephanie Sy, Rethinking College SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Students in rural communities graduate from high school above the national average. But when it comes to applying to college or getting their degree, these same students' attendance and completion rates are well below their peers in urban and suburban areas. A New Mexico initiative is helping to narrow that gap. |
| Heather Knight, The New York Times SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The prizes are paper certificates. The red carpet measures just a few feet long. The catered lunch entails state-issued bologna sandwiches wrapped in plastic. The first-ever San Quentin Film Festival, which took place in California’s oldest prison, may have lacked glamour and glitz. But the incarcerated men who screened their films could not have been more thrilled as they put their education and training in journalism, podcasting, filmmaking, and other pursuits on display. |
| Natalie Schwartz, Laura Spitalniak, and Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn With the 2024 presidential election just weeks away, it’s become more clear how the candidates may approach key higher education issues, including accreditation, international enrollment, and student protests. What follows is an overview of where Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump stand based on their statements, campaign websites, past actions, and their parties’ platforms. |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Tens of millions of Americans have stopped out of college. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 36.8 million Americans under the age of 65 are part of the group with some college credits but no credential. A new study explores what deters them from returning and what might bring them back. |
| Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Communities around the country have been experimenting with free college programs since 2005, usually with private funding, but Tennessee was the first to make it a statewide policy. Thirty-six states have since followed Tennessee’s lead and offer some version of free tuition to residents. However, as the number of free-tuition programs increases, so do the questions and doubts. Are low-income students benefiting? Is free tuition leading to more college graduates? Answers to these important questions are starting to emerge from Tennessee. |
| Maddie Aiken, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| Michelle Giovannozzi and Shelly Chabon, The EvoLLLution |
| Dan Bauman, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Preston Cooper, American Enterprise Institute |
| Ashley Sloboda, The Journal Gazette |
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| Jabari Simama, Governing Magazine |
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| Carrie N. Baker, Washington Monthly |
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| Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed |
| Helen Rummel, Arizona Republic |
| Aaron Fichtner, Maria Heidkamp, and Michael Gorman, The Star-Ledger |
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