Daily Lumina News 050423

It's graduation season, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities are working hard to increase the number of students who walk across their stages in the years to come.
A program at Morehouse College is doing that and more by focusing on re-enrollment and giving students access to one-on-one educational support.

There are many education, training, and work-based pathways to well-paying jobs and better lives—but what if they could be made accessible to more people?
A just-released report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce identifies key junctures at which a strategic intervention may increase the odds of landing a good job.

Nearly 36 percent of Navajo households live below the federal poverty line. A new workforce initiative aims to stem that poverty and the longstanding structural barriers to employment and economic growth on the reservation.
Called the Navajo Nation Talent Marketplace, the two-year initiative will be the first-ever central repository of all jobs available on the Navajo reservation and the skills needed to fill them. Moroni Benally of Aspire Ability and Amber Garrison Duncan of the Competency-Based Education Network explain more in this interview.

Though enrollment in higher education has declined, most U.S. adults still see great value in higher education, with demand among unenrolled adults remaining high—and even increasing among certain demographic groups.
But key barriers to enrollment exist for those who have yet to enroll, says a new survey on the current state of higher education, and challenges remain for enrolled students.

With many of today's learners struggling to make ends meet, some colleges are coming up with novel approaches to address students' basic needs on campus.
At the University of California, Davis, the AggieEats food truck provides meals served by students to students every weekday at lunchtime. Students order their meals on their smartphones at the truck and pay as much or as little as they want. The payment amount is confidential, and students don’t have to prequalify to receive a meal.

The path to a top position of a big company often starts with an internship. Research shows that upwards of 50 percent of interns become full-time employees, and former interns are retained at higher rates than others.
But Black students are often left out of this equation. A new report explores what employers are doing to recruit and retain diverse interns and offers ideas for how companies and Black colleges and universities can create mutually beneficial ties.