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 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... |
White PapersFrom time to time, Lumina Foundation staff will commission or write white papers on topics important to higher education access.You’ll need Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe, to view these white papers. If you are unable to download these reports, please e-mail us to request a printed copy. (In your e-mail message, please include your name and mailing address and the title of the publication you are requesting.) What We Know About Access and Success in Postsecondary Education: Informing Lumina Foundation's Strategic Direction (PDF) — Higher education improves the quality of life by providing long-term economic gains, better health and increased civic participation. However, many students face difficulties in pursuing higher education. Lumina Foundation has surveyed the existing research to assess these difficulties. This white paper documents the inequities across four dimensions of postsecondary access and success — preparation, awareness, financial issues and institutional responsibility. (September 2002) Setting Educational Priorities: High Achievers Speak Out (PDF) by Robert C. Dickeson, senior vice president for higher education policy, research and evaluation at the Lumina Foundation — Top central Indiana high school seniors reveal key insights into issues facing Indiana’s educational system. These students focus on one of the most important factors affecting quality education in Indiana: teachers. (April 2001) Reforming Education In Indiana: High Achievers Speak Out (PDF) by Robert C. Dickeson, senior vice president for higher education policy, research and evaluation at the Lumina Foundation — Top-ranking central Indiana high school seniors reveal their ideas to improve Indiana’s education system. Read the enlightening results. (March 2000) Plugging the Leaks in Indiana’s Education Pipeline: High Achievers Speak Out (PDF) by Robert C. Dickeson, senior vice president for higher education policy, research and evaluation at the Foundation — Despite steady progress in the past 10 years in the number of Indiana high school graduates pursuing a postsecondary education, Indiana adults remain among the least-educated Americans in the nation. This white paper summarizes the key elements of the overall "brain drain" problem in Indiana. (March 1999) |
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