Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. |
| Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Despite colleges and universities enrolling more diverse student populations than ever before, inequities in completion and retention persist. Interventions such as creating a sense of belonging on campus can help, say student advocates. A new report from The Institute for Higher Education Policy emphasizes the impact of student experience and belonging on academic success and provides practical recommendations for campus implementation. |
| Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn The end of the 2023-24 academic year came to a dramatic close for scores of colleges challenged by widespread campus protests and student activism over the Israel-Hamas war. But one school, Columbia University, found itself at the epicenter of the movement, eliciting echoes of the Ivy League institution’s complex history with campus activism. |
| Kana Ruhalter and Arun Rath, GBH News SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn There’s a new back-to-school ritual for students and professors: brushing up on policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Thanks to the rise of generative AI, what one instructor considers a tool could be viewed as a slippery slope into academic dishonesty by others. Sam Ransbotham, a professor of analytics at Boston College and an expert in machine learning and AI, offers insight on how professors can update their class policies. |
| Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn On the first Monday in August, a young woman named Jessica checked her campus email, hoping to see that her financial aid offer had finally arrived. She checked her personal email, too, just in case. Once again, nothing. She's not alone. All summer, issues with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid have continued to fall most heavily on applicants in dire circumstances—and especially on unaccompanied homeless youth. |
| Zachary Schermele, USA Today SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn After 23-year-old Stephanie Gomez-Sanchez graduates from college this fall, she plans to go into the video game industry. Her goal is to soften the immigration debate by creating characters that look like her Mexican-American family. Majors like hers are part of a broader wave of less conventional majors taking root in American higher education as colleges grapple with changes in the economy and a shrinking pool of students. |
| Beckie Supiano, Teaching SHARE: Facebook • LinkedIn Many college students feel disconnected, and being in large-enrollment classes can intensify that feeling. Professors want to support students’ mental health but need ways to do so that are appropriate and sustainable. A new pilot project at the University of Washington called “Five for Flourishing” aims to tackle both issues with five interventions designed to shift the way students see the university, professors, and themselves. |
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