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Lessons

  • Lessons

    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
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    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
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    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
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    First Generation Film makes its California premiere at the Napa Valley Film Festival

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    January 17, 2012
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    55,000 Degrees: Louisville’s Big Goal

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    January 12, 2012
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    Lumina Foundation Announces “NextGen” Grantees

     

    January 9, 2012
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    House testimony on Keeping College Within Reach

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    November 30, 2011
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    Latino Student Success: A Key Driver on the Road to Goal 2025

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    November 7, 2011
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    Jim Applegate on the need to increase opportunities for 21st century students

     

    November 1, 2011
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    Competing in today’s economy

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    September 30, 2011
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    Common Core State Standards: “It’s About Improving Education for All Americans. Bottom Line.”

     

    September 26, 2011
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    Increasing college productivity with Four Steps to Finishing First

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    August 25, 2011
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    E2: The critical equation of education and economic prosperity

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    August 24, 2011
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