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What if every student left college with the skills, experiences, and confidence to thrive in today’s workforce? Career-connected High-Impact Practices (HIPs)—such as internships, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, and capstone projects—are powerful tools to make that vision real. These experiences not only deepen learning and boost degree completion, but when intentionally aligned with career pathways, they also help ensure all students are prepared for meaningful careers.

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Less talk, more action: ‘Talent Hubs’ offer equity solutions

Students across the U.S. are rightfully demanding that colleges and universities go beyond listening to seriously address decades of racial inequity. As one Missouri student leader put it: “(My school) is making some change, but I won’t really give them a win until I start to see institutional change.” 

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The power of state networks

Aligning the work of state agencies, colleges, universities, community organizations, and philanthropy towards common goals takes trust, a neutral intermediary, and a focus on what is best for students. State-level networks across the country are leading efforts to make their state’s education and workforce systems better.

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Telling a Better Story About Community Colleges

Community colleges across the country offer unique experiences that connect students with work in their communities. Check out the creativity, diversity, and ingenuity of campuses serving today's students close to home.

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Admissions Redesign at the State and System Levels

May 6, 2026
As the postsecondary education landscape changes, it is critical that the field develop a common language through the creation of a typology that can be used to describe the admissions redesigns being adopted and the characteristics of each as the basis to better understand their impact.
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Public Benefits and Financial Aid Support Education Beyond High School and Long-Term Economic Well-Being for Low-Income Young Adults

April 27, 2026
This study provides a comprehensive account of how the full portfolio of major public benefit programs and financial aid shapes educational decisions and long-term earnings, tracing effects for our cohort across nearly three decades, from young adulthood through approximately age 40.
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Some College, No Credential (SCNC) Survey Report

April 20, 2026
In the United States, approximately 43.1 million people, including 37.6 million working age adults under the age of 65, enroll in postsecondary education, but leave without earning their intended degree or certificate.
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Methodological processes to estimate short-term credential of value

April 8, 2026
This document details the methodology for counting certificates and certifications that are used for reporting beginning in 2024 (applies to 2023 data and forward).
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Prosperity Benchmark Calculations

April 8, 2026
The steps below describe the methods ECOnorthwest uses to calculate Lumina Foundation’s credential-of-value benchmark and identify the number and share of individuals meeting the benchmark, using Census Bureau’s American Community Survey Public Use Microdata (PUMS).
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SAC Data Workshop

April 8, 2026
Creating Indicators, not Answers, Stronger Nation: Data Management, The Five-part Harmony, Setting Benchmarks
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Academic Momentum and Credit Mobility

April 13, 2026
Across the United States, many community college students intend to earn a bachelor’s degree, but far fewer do so.
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Assessing Mississippi’s Higher Education in Prison Data Infrastructure

April 10, 2026
The restoration of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students and the expansion of Prison Education Program approval requirements have increased expectations for how higher education in prison programs collect,...
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Advancing Economic Mobility for Workers With Criminal Records

April 9, 2026
Nearly one in three Americans has a record of arrest, conviction, or incarceration.
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Financial Aid for Students Without Financial Need

April 1, 2026
When people talk about college financial aid, they usually mean help for students who can’t afford to pay the full “sticker price” to attend.
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No Place to Land

April 1, 2026
Caregiving students—those who are parenting, caring for other dependents, or providing financial support for family members—face housing insecurity at rates and in ways that the higher education system in the United...
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Americans Want College Students Taught AI But Wary of AI Use

April 1, 2026
As artificial intelligence transforms the way we live, work, and learn, Americans think it is important that students at colleges and universities receive information on how to use AI.
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The economic challenges we face can be seen in nearly every community across the nation, and in seeking to tell the story of those challenges—and what we can do about them—Indianapolis seemed the perfect place for a digital magazine examining the struggle to preserve one city's middle class amid a changing workplace.

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