Lumina Foundation is working to increase the share of adults in the U.S. labor force with college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity.
Many people wrongly view the word "equity" as a zero-sum pursuit with clear winners and losers instead of understanding it as fairness and equal access for everyone to have real opportunities.
But rather than focus on semantics, we should pay attention to what really matters: ensuring that more people, regardless of backgrounds, can obtain the education they need while enhancing the country’s capacity to address challenges through a strong, economically competitive, peaceful society, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in his latest column for Forbes.
For many students, it’s difficult to find the time to go back to college once they leave. Programs evolve over time, and courses that students completed years ago may no longer be included in the current curriculum. The best path for degree completion is to stay on track from the start—and preferably as a full-time student.
To ensure more students take that path, the North Carolina Community College System is launching a new program focused on degree completion for high-wage, high-demand careers.
The presidency of the University of California has long been considered one of the more challenging positions in American higher education. It requires overseeing nearly 300,000 students, 10 campuses, $8 billion a year in premier research, six medical centers, and three federally funded national energy laboratories.
Now, UC’s board of regents is looking for the next person to fill the role and replace President Michael V. Drake, who plans to step down at the end of the year. But in the months since the search began, the job has only grown more complicated as a result of Donald Trump’s election and his policies affecting funding, racial diversity, student protests, and many other aspects of higher education.
For generations, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played—and continue to play—a critical role in higher education. And they do this work despite systemic underfunding and external pressures.
In this interview, Ed Smith-Lewis of the United Negro College Fund discusses his organization's mission to move HBCUs beyond the survival mindset to one of strategic growth, transformation, and ultimately long-term sustainability.
Lennell Maurice Martin has been incarcerated for 22 years. He currently resides at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, where he's spent 15 years taking college-level classes. He says the discipline he's put into his education has forever changed his life.
In this essay, Martin describes the impact of college-in-prison programs and how investments in these efforts support both individual transformation and shift the prison experience from one centered on punishment to one that fosters growth, opportunities, and pathways to stronger communities and a more just society.
A new and controversial Ohio higher education bill is behind Dylan Repertorio's decision to transfer from Cleveland State University to a New York university next semester.
College students and professors say Ohio will lose talent because of Senate Bill 1, which bans diversity efforts, prohibits faculty strikes, and regulates classroom discussions on certain topics, among other things. The law is set to take effect in June, and Ohio students, faculty, and staff are bracing for the impact.
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