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.
A new report from Lumina Foundation and Gallup shows that, despite public skepticism about the value of a college degree, the majority of parents still want their kids to pursue more education after high school.
Parents had a clear preference for the type of institution their child should attend, with 40 percent of respondents indicating that their first choice would be a four-year university. That aligns with robust data on the ROI of different degree types showing that people with bachelor’s degrees have far higher lifetime earnings and are half as likely to be unemployed as their peers with only a high school diploma.
Now more than ever, the higher education sector is experiencing new levels of uncertainty. Financial and enrollment challenges, coupled with the disruptions caused by the Trump administration, are creating an unusually tumultuous time for colleges, and perhaps an unprecedented one.
For higher education leaders, the situation means they are managing constant upheaval. Here’s how three of them do it.
When colleges talk about promoting “student success,” they’re not just talking about good grades and graduation. Over the past two decades, the term’s definition has broadened to mean that an institution is taking on more responsibility to ensure that students thrive and that they are supported from the recruitment stage through graduation and beyond.
Why are so many colleges taking on this responsibility? And what strategies are they using to achieve their goals? This video explains the origins of the student-success movement and how it’s shaping higher education today.
President Donald Trump has stressed that crushing elite higher education in America is a priority of his administration. He’s frozen federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health, threatened to withhold visas from foreign students, and opened multiple investigations at dozens of schools alleging civil rights violations over diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Higher education finance expert Robert Kelchen explains why many of the Trump administration's demands are bearing fruit.
On Main Street in Worcester, a Salvadoran bakery sits beside a Chinese takeout joint, just around the corner from Vietnamese and Dominican restaurants. Taken together, they’re a daily reminder of the global community Clark University has cultivated.
Today, that international identity is in jeopardy. More than a third of Clark’s undergraduates and two-thirds of its graduate students come from abroad. But many may not return this fall due to visa delays and growing skepticism about the United States as a study destination.
Women have made significant gains in the workplace over the past two decades, but one segment of female workers has been left behind: those without a college degree.
New research from Third Way shows the gap between women with at least a bachelor's degree and those without any higher education is widening in today's workforce.
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