Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Liam Knox, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn For students worried about the cost of attending a selective college, last week was a bonanza. Five colleges—the University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the entire University of Texas system—are launching free-tuition initiatives for low- and middle-income students who qualify. The five institutions join dozens of others that have rolled out similar programs this year. What’s behind the frenzy to boost financial aid? College leaders and financial aid experts offer insight. |
| Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn More than three decades ago, after committing a string of armed robberies and murders, authorities told Harold Cunningham he would never leave prison. A few days ago, he stood in a courtroom again. However, this was not due to a trial, a sentence, a motion, or any of the numerous other reasons he had previously appeared in court. Cunningham and a dozen other D.C. jail inmates had gathered to do something unusual: debate in a federal courtroom against four students from James Madison University. |
| EdSource SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Many college students are turning to artificial intelligence for help with their assignments or exams. However, opinions on the technology vary widely between students. Some view AI as a revolutionary tool that can enhance learning and working, while others see it as a threat to creative fields that encourages and enables poor academic habits. In this interview, students from nine California colleges and universities share their thoughts on whether and how they use ChatGPT and other AI tools as part of their college journey. |
| Zachary Schermele, USA Today SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn With the Republican Party set to control all the levers of power in Washington this January, its plans to overhaul higher education are on a collision course with other GOP efforts to limit the federal government’s authority. Big changes may be challenging to produce given Republicans' slim margins on Capitol Hill and recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings limiting government intervention. But all indications in Washington point to a new era of college oversight. |
| Jon Marcus and Kirk Carapezza, College Uncovered SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump railed against colleges and universities for being too expensive, too partisan, and too “woke.” Trump’s anti-elite, anti-immigration tone channeled the frustrations of many working-class Americans—and led him to a decisive win at the polls. Now, with Trump returning to the White House for a second term, how much of his higher education message is rhetoric and how much will be potential policy? And what comes next for students and colleges? Higher education experts weigh in. |
| Jamal Watson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn As higher education continues to shift and change, scholars who study the field convened in Minneapolis last week to share their ideas and to strategize about best practices, particularly those aimed at making colleges and universities more equitable and diverse. Mental health was among the many topics that educators explored during the four-day conference. But the ongoing attacks on higher education at the hands of the incoming Trump administration also weighed on the minds of attendees. |
| Ivy Engel and Kamila Kudelska, Wyoming Public Radio |
| Anna Merod, Higher Ed Dive |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| Pia Orrenius, Southwest Economy Podcast |
| Steven Mintz, Higher Ed Gamma |
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| Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Vimal Patel, The New York Times |
| Jon Wertheim, Aliza Chasan, Denise Schrier Cetta, Katie Brennan, and Elizabeth Germino, CBS News |
| Freda Ross, Public News Service |
| Shalin Jyotishi, New America |
| Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer |
| Lauren Camera, U.S. News & World Report |
| Christopher R. Marsicano, Forbes |
| Shauneen Miranda, Pennsylvania Capital-Star |
| Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch |
| Emily R. West and Chris Davis, WTVF |
| Sheridan Hendrix, The Columbus Dispatch |
| Joseph Morton and Talia Richman, The Dallas Morning News |
| Shannon Gilkey, The Providence Journal |
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