Community Colleges: Across the United States nearly 1,200 community colleges play a vital role in higher education. They enroll more than 11.5 million students — nearly half of all undergraduates — and they attract high proportions of low-income, minority and first-generation college students. Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count is a national initiative to help more community college students succeed, particularly students of color and low-income students. The initiative works on multiple fronts — including efforts at community colleges and in research, public engagement and public policy — and emphasizes the use of data to drive change. More...

Annual Report

Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and success in higher education. In 2006, we paid out $48.9 million in grants to support education access and success, particularly for traditionally underserved students. Read about our commitments to higher education in our annual reports.

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Lumina Foundation for Education 2006 Annual Report

2006 Annual Report
The United States is slipping as a competitor in the global economy. Postsecondary educational attainment is key to reversing this trend. Lumina Foundation is committed to collaborating with others to restore the United States as a global leader in educational attainment by 2025. View this report (PDF).

2005 Annual Report
The students we seek to assist know that learning can be challenging. Many of them face formidable barriers as they pursue their educational goals. Still, many persist – because the rewards of education are so great. Their example inspires us to know all that we can in order to do all that we can. View this report (PDF).

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. Read the record of our partnerships with institutions, with policy-makers, with other organizations in 2004. View this report online or download the PDF.

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 the barriers and focusing on the future. View this report online or download the PDF.

2002 Annual Report
At Lumina Foundation, we strive to spread the light of higher education by making grants that improve access, enhance student success and address the needs of adult learners. In this annual report, you'll see reflections of fine work — the work of our grantees in 2002. Download the PDF.

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