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A collection of essays from experts on Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American student borrowing sets the record straight on student debt.

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GLOSSARY Child care subsidies help low-income parents afford the child care needed to go to work or school. The primarily federal funding stream is the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), but many states also use funding from the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) and the TANF block grant. Eligibility levels are set by states, […]

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Back To Beyond Financial Aid Sources (a) Baum, S., Ma, J., & Payea, K. (2014). Education pays 2014. The College Board. (b) Stronger Nation (2016). An annual report of Lumina Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.luminafoundation.org/files/publications/stronger_nation/2016/A_Stronger_Nation-2016-Full.pdf. McNair, T. B., Albertine, S., Cooper, M. A., McDonald, N., & Major Jr, T. (2017). Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New […]

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BFA implementation guide: The pros and cons of taking BFA individually or as a group

BFA implementation guide: The pros and cons of taking BFA individually or as a group As a group Pros Good learning opportunity Individuals may learn about existing institutional efforts of which they were not aware Additional epiphanies triggered by other responses Cons Time-consuming Groupthink may suppress individual voices Potential scheduling challenges Individually Pros Get purer […]

BFA implementation guide: Conduct the Institutional Self-Assessment

BFA implementation guide Conduct the Institutional Self-Assessment Identify a Leader and Cross-Functional Team Leadership and team composition are critical in developing strategies to support low-income students. Ideally, the president or provost should appoint one or two facilitators to shepherd the BFA Institutional Self-Assessment process and support the work of a cross-functional core team. The process […]

2018 Promotional Toolkit

Instructions for posting to social media about the prize competition Please upload the graphic you select first, then cut and paste the text you choose below into the social advertisement. Include this link: luminaprize.innovationchallenge.com. You also may share Lumina Foundation posts announcing the prize competition. And if you choose, you may include a message of your own or […]

Apply for investment capital

Before you apply, familiarize yourself with What we look for: The company must be focused on education and training after high school The management team must have a demonstrated record of success There must be measurable evidence of social impact The business must be scalable, with potential to serve at least 100,000 people annually over […]