Lumina Foundation is working to increase the share of adults in the U.S. labor force with college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity.
James E. Ryan's resignation as president of the University of Virginia has turned his former institution into an unexpected battlefield in the Trump administration’s political assault on colleges. For months, officials have wielded federal power to rebalance what they see as higher education’s extreme leftward tilt and stamp out diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
The fact that UVA of all places was the site of such extraordinary scrutiny has left professors reeling. They wonder now what the future holds for higher education if strong-arming presidential resignations becomes a common practice.
Elkhart County, Indiana, is at the forefront of a movement slowly spreading across the state and the nation to make apprenticeships a common offering in high school.
In 2019, as part of a plan to boost the region’s economic prospects, county leaders launched an effort to place high schoolers in apprenticeships that combine work-based training with classroom instruction. About 80 students from the county’s seven school districts participated this academic year in fields such as health care, law, manufacturing, education, and engineering. In April, as part of a broader push to revamp high school education and add more work-based learning, the state set a goal of 50,000 high school apprentices by 2034.
The 1,500 student affairs professionals filling the ballroom at the downtown Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado, had gathered in unity and commiseration, looking for support to tackle the mounting challenges they face: declining public confidence in higher education, financial barriers for student retention, and burnout in a field that has lately withstood a barrage of attacks.
The attendees had come together for the annual Student Success in Higher Education conference hosted by NASPA. And while this year’s conference wasn’t a direct response to intensifying government attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion work in higher education, educators and others say the connection was evident.
The Trump administration’s escalating battle with Harvard University, including renewing a threat to pull all of its federal funding, poses an unprecedented challenge to the financial footing of America’s wealthiest college.
Harvard has already taken steps to save money and mitigate the impact of federal funding cuts. It paused hiring, halted merit pay raises, and instructed department heads to plan for budget cuts. Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, is taking a 25 percent pay cut starting this month.
In 2021, AJ Jondonero came to the United States from the Philippines to pursue a Master of Science in journalism at Columbia University. He graduated with honors and was accepted to an Optional Practical Training program—a kind of internship that enables students from abroad to work in the United States for a limited time. Eventually, he moved to the U.K. on a Global Talent visa and then back to Manila for a high-paying job as a media production manager.
Jondonero is interested in adding another advanced degree to his credentials. But he's reconsidering studying in the United States because of the Trump administration’s hardline stance on international students. His decision and that of other international students to study elsewhere could eventually hurt U.S. schools and the economy.
The U.S. Department of Education is planning to implement a new screening process to prevent financial aid fraud—and that has some college leaders worried.
At California’s community colleges, where the fraud has been most pronounced in the state, financial aid officials hope the new steps will strike a balance between deterring bad actors while also minimizing the burden on real students. However, some students may find taking extra steps to prove their identity to be an extra barrier to enrolling, possibly scaring them off entirely, administrators say.
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