Daily Lumina News 051723

Apprenticeships are common in fields like welding, plumbing, and carpentry, but until recently, the federal government didn’t recognize teaching apprenticeships. Educators are now hoping that new federal funding will open the floodgates to a new class of qualified, diverse teachers.
This episode of the Rethinking College series explores an effort at Dallas College, where student apprentices are paid to fill vacant early childhood education roles in Head Start programs and elementary schools while they study for a degree in early childhood education.

For Anthony Meng, a senior at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, food insecurity takes on many different forms. On some days, it means skipping meals because of work obligations. At other times, he simply can't afford groceries.
Fortunately, there’s a place on campus where he can seek refuge: the Food Resource Center. Pantries like this are an increasingly popular resource as food insecurity persists among college students. Recent estimates put the number of campus pantries at about 800, most of them established in the past decade.

In 2017, five Philadelphia college and university presidents came together for a conversation about the role of higher education in a city's future success. It was the first-ever discussion among the leaders of Philadelphia’s universities.
Amy Gutmann, then-president of the University of Pennsylvania, urged her colleagues to find ways to collaborate more together. It hasn’t happened, writes higher education expert Elaine Maimon in this op-ed.

When the president of Whittier College announced her resignation last week, it came amid rampant criticism from alumni and employees alike.
Linda Oubré’s departure after a five-year run marks one of several recent resignations in higher education where presidents are stepping down under demands from constituents for the institution to change course.

An annual gathering of the National Association of Independent Schools provided an opportunity for the group's incoming president to flip the script and interview podcast hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn about all things higher education.
In their conversation, Selingo and Horn weigh in on the key takeaways from the pandemic for students and schools, how mental health plays into a student's transition to college, what institutions can do to address national teacher shortages, and more.

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York from 2008 to 2014, she designed an experiment comparing remedial math classes to the alternative of letting ill-prepared students proceed straight to a college course accompanied by extra help.
The results of Logue's experiment ultimately set the stage for influencing how higher education operates.