Competing in today's economy
Educators, employers, legislators and community leaders convened in Wheeling, WV for the Certified Success conference. View the recorded webcast: Quality Counts: Connecting Workforce readiness and College Completion. More »
Increasing college productivity with Four Steps to Finishing First
Read Four Steps to Finishing First in Higher Education pdf Learn more about college productivity strategy labs at: collegeproductivity.org/strategy-labs
Lumina National Productivity Conference 2011
Lawmakers and higher education leaders from seventeen states came together in Indianapolis to learn how to identify and tell the stories about productivity work in higher education and share how states and institutions can replicate the promising aspects of productivity work. Higher education productivity teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia attended the conference.
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Lumina rings the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
In honor of the Goal 2025 movement and its importance to America’s future economic prosperity, Jamie Merisotis, Lumina’s president and CEO, rang the NASDAQ closing bell. Lumina is part of the national Goal 2025 movement that aims to increase the percentage of Americans who hold high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by 2025. Watch webcast of the event »
Higher Education and Economic Recovery – Federal Briefing
As the economic benefits of higher education attainment become more widely recognized, the public, business leaders and higher education institutions are paying more attention to the impact that college completion can have on economic development. There is a growing consensus that new models are needed to expand knowledge and strategies to develop the human capital needed for today’s economy. More »
Why we need a degree profile
Learn more about the Degree Profile, a framework to illustrate what students should be expected to know and do after earning degrees, regardless of specialization.
What is a degree profile?
Learn more about the Degree Profile, a framework to illustrate what students should be expected to know and do after earning degrees, regardless of specialization.
Lumina VP discusses higher ed quality before the National Association of State Administrators and Supervisors of Private Schools
Dewayne Matthews, Lumina’s VP for policy and strategy presented new thinking on quality in higher education at the National Association of State Administrators and Supervisors of Private Schools, in Denver, May 2. More »
Learn about the new student majority
The 21st century student runs the gamut — racially, ethnically, socially and economically … From recent high school graduate to second-career retiree … from immigrant to native-born citizen and from part-time distance learner to full-time resident student. Learn more about the challenges that 21st century students face in their quest to complete a high quality degree, credential or certificate. More »
Indiana by degrees radio series features 21st century students improving their lives through education
Wednesdays during Morning Edition on WFYI 90.1 FM HD1. Listen now »
