Lumina Foundation provides journalists with a wide range of information on access, success, and adult learners. The Media Toolbox below consists of research pertaining to these core focus areas, publications, grants information, and additional resources. If you have questions or have any other information requests, please contact Kevin Corcoran, Communications Director, Media and Policy, at 317.951.5493.

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Communication initiatives are central to our mission, and we offer a range of publications to disseminate information about our work. Link directly to our Publications section for a full overview.

Visit our Grants section for information about our programs, initiatives, and the grant making process. Search our Grants Database for specific grants information.

The leadership of Lumina Foundation for Education has decades of combined experience in a variety of higher education disciplines (view Foundation leaders’ biographies and mission). We can provide journalists with Foundation experts to offer insight into issues surrounding access, educational retention and degree or certificate attainment, and opportunities for underserved student groups.For these or any other information requests, please contact Kevin Corcoran, Communications Director, Media and Policy, at 317.951.5493.

Public Agenda’s higher education guide is intended to brief journalists who seek a broad, yet comprehensive overview of higher education issues. This online guide also provides easy access to organizations and individuals who are experts on issues related to postsecondary education.

Education Writers Association (EWA) is the national professional organization of education reporters. EWA was organized in 1947 by a group of newspaper reporters with the intent of improving education reporting to the public.

The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media exists to equip journalists with the knowledge and skills they need to produce fair, accurate and insightful reporting. Journalists may find the following publications useful:

• Beyond the Rankings: Measuring Learning in Higher Education
• Change and Controversy on Campus: The Tough Questions Reporters and Editors Should Ask