Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn What can higher education do about climate change? Plenty, according to a new report from the Aspen Institute. While the higher education sector is uniquely positioned to both educate new generations and build on expand existing knowledge about climate science, it’s also emerging as a model for making an industry’s physical operations more environmentally sustainable, the report says. |
| Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn During its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, 2U plans to cut its liabilities and get healthier, while continuing to run programs without interruption and making good on its financial obligations to university clients. While restructuring could help reboot the financially struggling company, critics see a warning in 2U’s bankruptcy. Several advocates have since called for more regulatory oversight of the online program management market and protections for students in OPM offerings should a company go dark entirely someday. |
| Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Artificial intelligence can bring both promise and peril—and much of its promise comes from asking the right questions. Figuring out which questions to ask is something that Alex Cirillo Jr. knows a lot about. Cirillo, a research scientist, led innovation teams for many years at 3M. He's also a close observer of higher education. In this interview, Cirillo talks about AI, how he hired innovative talent for 3M, and how college training influences innovative thinking. |
| Shalin Jyotishi, New America SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn In recent years, community and technical colleges have emerged as an underappreciated destination for AI education, stepping up to meet employer needs. However, community colleges often face underinvestment compared to their university counterparts, and many need to build their capacity to teach effectively in emerging technology fields, which are subject to more uncertainty than established occupations. A national consortium formed by and for community colleges is set to meet that need for the AI workforce. |
| Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $600 million gift to four historically Black medical schools this week, a landmark gift that will more than double three of the four schools’ endowments in a strong endorsement of their mission. The announcement is the latest in a series of major gifts to HBCUs after many years of financial struggles, offering a dramatic escalation of their potential aspirations and impact. |
| Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former high school teacher, coach, and veteran, will join Kamala Harris as her vice presidential running mate for the November election. Walz is a big proponent of education. As governor, he took advantage of a Democratic trifecta in state government to push through a progressive policy agenda that included free breakfast and lunch for all schoolchildren and free college tuition for Minnesota families earning less than $80,000 a year. |
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