Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Jessica Dickler, CNBC SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Ramon Montiel-García, a newly minted high school graduate from KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy in Colorado, was overjoyed after getting accepted to his first-choice school, Wheaton College, in Norton, Massachusetts. However, with an annual sticker price of nearly $80,000, Montiel-García needed financial aid to bring the cost down. But like his peers, Montiel-García struggled with technical issues involving the new federal financial aid application. Those struggles have since caused many students to choose the best offer over the best school. |
| Irene Gonzalez and Courtney Dempsey, CBS Sacramento SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Pursuing higher education can be challenging for any college-bound student, but for former foster youth, doing it alone can seem almost impossible. Two Sacramento State University students who spent time in foster care are proving their strength in numbers. The students, Deja Douglas and Jaliyah Dramera, are part of Sac State's Guardian Scholars Program, launched earlier this year to help former foster youth excel on campus. |
| Johnny Jackson, Diverse Issues in Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Most students are stressed or anxious about the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to a national survey conducted by virtual health and well-being provider Timely Care.
In July, the provider conducted an online survey of 1,491 two- and four-year college students to examine their mental health and well-being. The polling found that 65 percent of respondents expressed feeling stressed or anxious about the election, with 63 percent saying they planned to vote and 31 percent undecided.
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| Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Senator J.D. Vance has called university professors “the enemy,” proposed legislation to restrict the consideration of race in admissions decisions, and sought to crack down on the encampments that sprang up on college campuses this past spring. Vance, a 39-year-old Republican from Ohio, was tapped Monday as former president Donald Trump’s running mate as he seeks a second term. |
| Amber Angel and Shayna Zunk, Community College Daily
SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Research shows that students who are single mothers often struggle more than students without children to complete college. It’s not because they lack motivation or academic potential; rather, today's higher education system doesn't cater to student parents. Amber Angel, a program officer and leader of the Single Mother Student Success Initiative at ECMC Foundation, and Shayna Zunk, a parenting student at Monroe County Community College, offer insight into the challenges student parents face on their path to college and the support they need to succeed. |
| Jenny Abamu, KUAR SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Earlier this year, state officials and teary family members gathered with a group of incarcerated students to mark a major moment at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women: The state’s first college graduation ceremony at a women’s prison. Janet Johnson is one of those graduates. Already, she's defied the odds. Across the country, people incarcerated in women’s prisons have less access to higher education opportunities compared to men’s prisons. In this interview, the Vera Institute of Justice's Ruth Delaney outlines potential solutions to these disparities. |
| Liann Herder, Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Elin Johnson, The Learn & Work Ecosystem Library |
| Robert Farrington, Forbes |
| Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge |
| Kiliane Gateau, Voice of America |
| Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News |
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| Amy Barr Mlinar, The Hechinger Report |
| Ira Stoll, Education Next |
| Isabel Lohman and Mike Wilkinson, Bridge Michigan |
| Claire Lyle, The Spokesman-Review |
| Lucy Marques, The Charlotte Observer |
| Nancy Lee Sánchez, Forbes |
| Christen Smith, The Times Observer (Pennsylvania) |
| Liz Farmer, Pew Charitable Trusts |
| Joe Ulery, Public News Service |
| Bobby Harrison, News From the States |
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago |
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