Latest publications
Communication initiatives are central to our mission, and we offer a range of publications to share information about our work.
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Special report
The Degree Qualifications Profile
A new framework for defining the learning and quality that college degrees should signify.
January 2011
Other publications
- A stronger nation through higher education
Updated state-by-state college attainment statistics that can serve as a call to action to make higher education more accessible and attainable for all Americans.
September 2010 | Special report - A capital investment
Our 2009 annual report features profiles of three 21st century students and details the grants Lumina funded in 2009 in pursuit of our Big Goal.
June 2010 | Annual report - When networks build a platform, students step up
This issue of Lumina Foundation Lessons highlights three organizations working tirelessly to promote college success among low-income and minority students.
May 2010 | Lessons - The cost quandary
Hard times intensify the nation's urgent need for college graduates.
Fall 2010 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Help Wanted: Projecting Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
The nation will have a shortage of 3 million workers with the required postsecondary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, according to this report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University.
June 2010 | Georgetown Center report - The productivity push
System-wide reform allows Arizona to serve more students.
Summer 2010 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Off the charts
Columns of data provide support for student achievement.
Spring 2010 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - No more kid stuff
Colleges and universities take a mature approach to serving adult students.
Fall 2009 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Remediation redux
Colleges revisit developmental ed in a bid to boost student success.
Fall 2008 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Pillars of progress
The nation's minority-serving institutions point the way to student success.
Spring 2008 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Students aren’t just data points, but numbers do count
America's colleges and universities cannot fulfill their mission if large numbers of students fail to complete a program of study. Learn how the power of data can inform and transform postsecondary institutions.
Winter 2008 | Lessons - A changing picture
Pockets of innovation point the way to a better higher-ed system.
Winter 2007 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Campus connections
'Near-peer' mentoring and other innovative efforts help widen the college track.
Fall 2007 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Places—and faces—that foster student success
In 2002, universities across Indiana began experimenting with strategies to enhance persistence rates among freshmen and sophomore students. See what our grantees have learned.
Spring 2007 | Lessons - Barrier busters
Community colleges and their students embrace challenges .
Winter 2006 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Front-porch pathfinders
Pre-college access counselors meet students where they live &8212; and lead them higher.
Fall 2006 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Lifelong Lessons
"Nontraditional" becomes the norm as adults blaze new trails to college.
Winter 2005 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Dreams Detoured
Rising college costs alter plans and threaten futures.
Fall 2005 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Refuse to lose
Today’s colleges and universities must work to foster student success.
Spring 2004 | Lumina Foundation Focus™ - Restricted Access
The doors to higher education remain closed to many deserving students.
Summer 2003 | Lumina Foundation Focus™
