Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn A decision by Congress to restore Pell Grants to incarcerated students took effect last summer, providing a win for students and their advocates after imprisoned people attending college were barred from federal financial aid for almost three decades. Fast forward one year, and colleges and corrections agencies are making significant strides toward launching new Pell-eligible programs and expanding existing programs under new federal regulations. Still, more work must take place to better serve incarcerated students, suggests this report by the Vera Institute of Justice. |
| Doug Lederman, The Key SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn More than ever before, people accumulate learning from many places. Recognition of learning from multiple sources, however, often does not move with learners. This episode of The Key explores one of the knottier challenges in higher education: how learning is evaluated across institutions. Two experts in the field discuss what makes “learning mobility” particularly important right now and the steps that colleges, governments, and other entities can take to help learners better navigate today's transfer ecosystem. |
| Mark D. Milliron and Richard Rhodes, WorkingNation
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The demographics of higher education are shifting. Today, more than one-third of college undergraduates are over the age of 25. Compared to traditional-aged learners, these older students are far more likely to work while enrolled. Many are parents—and they are seeking the most direct and efficient paths to a credential that can move their careers and families forward.
It's now time for the nation's federal financial aid system to keep pace with the evolving needs of today's learners, contend National University's Mark D. Milliron and Richard Rhodes of Texas A&M University-Central Texas in this op-ed.
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| Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Monica Inzer never thought admissions work would turn into a lifelong professional calling. But it did, and for the past 35 years, the first-generation college graduate has built a career promoting higher education. Inzer retired from her job as vice president for enrollment management at Hamilton College last month. In this interview, she discusses college access, the challenges that today's enrollment leaders face, and what has energized her professionally for more than three decades. |
| Liann Herder, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Nicole Lynn Lewis established Generation Hope in 2010, realizing that her organization could serve as the initial platform where parenting students receive affirmation.
Roughly one in five college students today are also parents. These learners are much more likely to face financial barriers in their collegiate journeys than their non-parenting counterparts. They are also more likely to struggle with food and housing security, as well as to take on loans. These challenges are why Lewis is embarking on an ambitious five-year plan to expand her organization's work, with the goal of helping more than three million parenting students by 2029.
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| Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn When ChatGPT and other new generative artificial intelligence tools emerged in late 2022, the major concern for educators was cheating. After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that, with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be difficult for teachers to detect. Now another concern is coming into the spotlight: that the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges—and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. |
| Mike Wilkinson, Bridge Michigan |
| Kelly Hoyland, Campus Technology |
| Erik Cliburn, INSIGHT Into Diversity |
| Matt Gregory, Inside Higher Ed |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive |
| Maria Carrasco, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| Deidre Montague and Andrea Asuaje, GBH News |
| American Civil Liberties Union |
| Emma Hall, The Sacramento Bee |
| Laura Ascione, eCampus News |
| Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean |
| Abraham Galvan, Miami Today |
| American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers |
| The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Council for Adult and Experiential Learning |
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