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 Over the past two years, generative AI has blazed its way onto college campuses, first in students’ hands and increasingly in the hands of administrators and instructors to improve campus operations and enrollment management, as well as teaching and learning. The University of Texas at Austin is in the initial stages of launching a custom GPT model, UT Sage, which will serve as a tutor of sorts for students who need help related to a specific course. In this interview, UT Austin's Julie Schell shares the inspiration behind the tool, her work with AI in the classroom, and what's involved in teaching the ethics of AI use. |
| Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Since 2014, Florida has allowed undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates across its public colleges if they attended their last three years of high school in the state and enroll in higher education within two years of graduation. That could change with the introduction of bill this week to repeal in-state tuition benefits for undocumented students. The evolution of the policy illustrates the Republican Party’s intensifying scrutiny of immigration. |
| Lisa Kurian Philip, WBEZ SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn College affordability is an issue throughout America, but the problem is especially severe in Illinois, where public colleges have become particularly unaffordable. That’s shut out a lot of students, including those who would most benefit from the social mobility that comes with a degree. Now, some Illinois legislators and advocates are proposing groundbreaking legislation to try and address the challenge. |
| Declan Bradley, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Historically Black Colleges and Universities saw a nearly 30-percent jump in first-year applicants during the 2022-23 admissions cycle, according to new federal data—a sign that their recent renaissance is continuing. The 64 HBCUs that had reported data as of this month saw a collective 543,066 applications for the class of 2027—the largest applicant pool in at least a decade. The growth at HBCUs significantly outpaces other higher education institutions: Overall, college applications are up just 6 percent. |
| Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn A big part of Elizabeth House’s job is encouraging students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. But for students who have family members without the proper immigration documents, filling out the form has long been seen as a risky way to draw attention to their family’s status. House, however, urges students to take that step and fill out the FAFSA anyway. This fall, some college advising groups are reluctantly taking a different stance. |
| Elyse Ashburn, Work Shift SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn an 800-page proposal to update the registered apprenticeship system that was unlikely to stand in the new administration. The rule changes aimed to increase worker protections and quality by requiring better outcomes data, streamlining aspects of the process for creating apprenticeships, and making them more compatible with K-12 and college education. The rules would have been the first regulatory update to the system since 2008 and proposed many changes experts have wanted for years. |
| Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed |
| Jennifer Mattson, Fast Company |
| Chris Shank, Maryland Matters |
| Joshua Kim, Maggie Debelius, and Edward J. Maloney, Learning Innovation |
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| Jody Dixon, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post |
| Instructional Technology Council, Community College Daily |
| Chris Mullin, Lumina Foundation |
| Makaylah Chavez, KRIS 6 News (Texas) |
| Valerie Myers, Erie Times-News |
| Wausau Pilot & Review (Wisconsin) |
| Rex Hodge and Kelly Doty, WLOS |
| Mary Boyte, Mississippi Clarion Ledger |
| Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News |
| Maria Carrasco, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| Alcino Donadel, University Business |
| Mia Osmonbekov, Cronkite News |
| Committee on Education & the Workforce |
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