Reports
New Agenda Series: 50 Years of College Choice
This report analyzes how student and family characteristics, institutional admissions policies and practices, and public policies have influenced the manner and timing of students’ college-choice decisions. Specifically, the report examines the following three topics: Shifts in public policy regarding post-secondary More »
Reports
Annual Reports: 2004 Annual Report
Helping more students enter and succeed in higher education is the best way we know to build a better tomorrow. But we can’t do it alone. This annual report is a record of our partnerships with institutions, with policy-makers, with More »
Reports
Annual Report: 2003 Annual Report
Lumina Foundation supports efforts to break down barriers that separate people from their potential — barriers of income, color or ethnicity, age, or inexperience with higher education. In this report, you can see how our 2003 grantees are breaking down More »
Reports
Annual Reports: 2002 Annual Report
Many students who plan to attend college aren’t taking the right steps to get there. Fewer than half of high school graduates have completed a college-prep curriculum; others are unaware of financial aid deadlines, fearful of mandatory entrance exams and More »
Reports
From Aspirations to Action: The Role of Middle School Parents in Making the Dream of College a Reality
This Institute for Higher Education Policy report reveals that most parents of middle-school children expect them to go to college, but not many have taken the steps to get them there. It is based on a survey of parents who More »
