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, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The negative effects of climate change, which can cause anxiety and hinder learning, are increasingly affecting today's college students. Some colleges and universities are taking note, providing increased opportunities and support for students to learn about climate solutions and the careers that can help them build a more sustainable future for themselves and their communities. |
| Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Christopher F. Rufo, the activist and author, spent six weeks in the spring of 2023 in Hungary, just as he and other conservative trustees were mounting a hostile takeover of New College of Florida. Rufo was there as a visiting fellow at a think tank closely aligned with the country’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán. It turns out Rufo isn’t the only one in the orbit of the incoming Trump administration to look to Hungary as a potential model for reform of American higher education. |
| Tarini Mehta, The Press Democrat SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn With President-elect Donald Trump signaling a return to stricter immigration policies, Napa Valley College is taking proactive measures to support and protect its diverse student body and prepare for potential federal enforcement actions. As part of these preparations, the college will distribute pocket cards with guidelines for students, update its website with multilingual resources, and post information about students’ rights in classrooms and common areas. The website will provide resources in English, Spanish, and Tagalog. |
| Elyse Ashburn, Work Shift SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When Gina Raimondo took the helm of the U.S. Department of Commerce four years ago, she was adamant that economic development had to be married to workforce development. Raimondo had a White House that was eager to make significant economic investments, and a Congress that was ultimately prepared to invest billions in aiding the country's recovery from the pandemic. From the beginning, the idea was not just to invest in critical industries but also in specific places that could develop world-class expertise—and workforces—if given the right incentives and support. |
| Cory Turner, NPR SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Over the past four years, the Biden-era U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Miguel Cardona has faced numerous crises. Some were beyond the department's control (COVID-19), while others were the result of its own decisions (the troubled rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid). How well did the department handle those challenges? Educators, researchers, advocates, and policy experts, including two former U.S. secretaries of education, weigh in. |
| Ramona Schindelheim, Work in Progress
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Despite the fact that there are more than 79 million women in the U.S. workforce, they remain underrepresented in some well-paying, in-demand fields and overrepresented in lower-paying jobs. In this interview, Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor, discusses the possible reasons why and what’s being done about it. |
| Mary Laphen Pope and Laurie Fladd, Lumina Foundation |
| Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed |
| Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio |
| Steven Mintz, Higher Ed Gamma |
| Erica Bullock, Spokane Journal of Business |
| Amelia Ferrell Knisely, West Virginia Watch |
| Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive |
| Joseph R. Cimpian and Jo R. King, Brookings Institution |
| Center for American Progress |
| Peter Granville, Tiara Moultrie, and Jordan Nellums, The Century Foundation |
| Alexis Tsoukalas and Esteban Leonardo Santis, Florida Policy Institute |
| Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, New America |
| Matthew Dembicki, Community College Daily |
| American Enterprise Institute |
| The Humane Society of the United States |
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