
Lumina Foundation places a high value on research as a key strategy in its mission of improving student access and success in postsecondary education.
Our Research Advisory Committee will help the Foundation in using research to improve policy and practice in higher education. These national higher education experts include:
Clifford Adelman, Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (Washington, D.C.)
Jorge Balan, Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (Argentina), and Visiting Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education (Canada)
Brian Bosworth, President, Futureworks (Seattle, WA)
Anthony Carnevale, President, Center on Education in Workforce, (Washington, D.C.)
Sally Clausen, President, University of Louisiana System (Baton Rouge, LA)
Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (Boulder, CO)
Patricia Gandara, Co-Director, UCLA Executive Information Studies (Los Angeles, CA)
Paul Lingenfelter, President, State Higher Education Executive Officers (Boulder, CO)
David Longanecker, President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Boulder, CO)
Laura Perna, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Sheri Ranis, Sr. Research Officer, Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA)
Stephen J. Reno, Chancellor, University System of New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.)
Dave Spence, President, Southern Regional Education Board (Atlanta, GA)