Top Higher Education News for Wednesday
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 Amani Smith, a rising senior at Howard University and president of the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, was out grabbing food with friends when she began to see article after article on social media about Vice President Kamala Harris running for president. She called her parents, excited. Smith isn’t the only AKA member celebrating—and organizing. The organizations are mobilizing to get voters to the polls as their student and alumni members embrace Alpha Kappa Alpha member Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. |
| Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn A seed planted by South Dakota legislative and higher education leaders four decades ago has blossomed into one of the nation's top high-tech universities located in a small city in the rural midsection of the state. The story of how Dakota State University rose to become a powerhouse in cyber technology academics, job creation, and research is one of ingenuity, strong leadership, and a bit of fortuitous timing. |
| Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Economic opportunity will increasingly favor workers with higher levels of education and training, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. While there will be good jobs on every educational pathway in 2031, only 15 percent will be available to workers with a high school diploma or less, compared to 66 percent with a bachelor's degree or higher and 19 percent with associate degrees, some college credit, licenses, and certifications. |
| Victoria Feng, NBC News SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn As artificial intelligence continues to attract attention and investors, colleges and universities are beginning to market undergraduate AI degrees to students, from Arizona State University to the University of Texas at Dallas. While computer science degrees were once seen as a golden ticket to high-paying tech jobs, now, it’s become harder to land tech internships or entry-level positions with increased competition and major cuts across the industry. But AI majors and professors are hopeful that a more specialized course of study may help graduates stand out. |
| Kaitlin LeMoine and Julian Alssid, Work Forces SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Short-term credentials have become a major player in the higher education landscape, with more adults turning to these programs as a way to move quickly into the labor market or to advance in their career. But how can learners make sure their credentials are high quality and align with labor market demand? On this podcast, Lumina Foundation's Kermit Kaleba discusses the challenges and opportunities surrounding the development of short-term credential programs. |
| Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Higher education has a significant climate footprint, ranging from the food waste students and staff produce to emissions from commuting and flying to conferences to the energy needed to power campus buildings. Some colleges are taking measures to address human-created climate change, with a growing number of professors in fields as diverse as business, English, and the performing arts integrating their teaching with efforts to minimize their campuses’ waste and emissions. |
| Jon Kamp, The Wall Street Journal |
| Becky Jacobs, The CAP Times |
| Aleksandra Appleton, Chalkbeat Indiana |
| Haleluya Hadero, The Washington Post |
RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
| Kacen Bayless, The Kansas City Star |
| Michael Vasquez, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Harrison Davis Jr., Diverse Issues in Higher Education |
| Stacey Abrams and Margaret Huang, USA Today |
| Sofia Barnett, The Dallas Morning News |
| Mallika Seshadri, EdSource |
| Sanjit Sethi, The EvoLLLution |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed |
| F. Amanda Tugade, The Des Moines Register |
| Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce |
| Indiana Commission for Higher Education |
| Center for American Progress |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute |
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