Daily Lumina News 021523

Flagship institutions are the marquee schools, the research centers, the academic powerhouses, the foundation of a statewide alumni base, and often the state’s athletics brand, too.
But the workhorses of public higher education in most states are the regional public universities, the less renowned four-year institutions with teaching missions that exist in the shadows of the flagships’ spotlight. And shifting demographics, reduced levels of state support, and hobbled state oversight have led many regional universities to suffer.

Indiana high school principal Stacey Brewer faces a challenge that schools nationwide share as they struggle to connect their students to jobs: teaching the “soft skills” of the workplace.
Brewer's school of 800 students will join a growing number of schools and community organizations in the Indianapolis area using a new set of "career skills badges” that standardize what young people need to know.

As people live longer, healthier lives, the traditional 40-year career will become a thing of the past. But that’s going to require a new mind-set—and a lot more planning.
Charlotte Japp is setting the groundwork for it. Since graduating from college 10 years ago, Japp has worked in marketing at three companies in different industries and simultaneously launched Cirkel, a startup that connects younger and older employees for two-way career support.

Supporting student success is complex goal. Every student faces different challenges: first-generation dynamics, lack of resources, debt, housing and transportation, disability, mental health issues, social and pandemic-related issues, even neurodiversity.
Florida State University is taking note. The school offers a practical, research-based professional certification course on trauma-informed policies and resistance, increasingly seen as integral to student success.

After her son began attending New College of Florida, Dr. Sonia Howman felt a pang of fear about the future of the small, little-known public liberal arts school on the shores of Sarasota Bay.
She's not alone. Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plan to transform New College of Florida into a beacon of conservatism has left students and faculty members at the tight-knit, progressive school reeling.

The pilot for the Advanced Placement class on African American studies is at the center of national debate after Florida's Department of Education rejected it last month. Florida objected to a number of subjects, which were cut out of the final version.
University of California Los Angeles history professor Robin D.G. Kelley talks about the removed content in this interview.