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Haley Glover
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Report: States trying to boost college attainment are missing millions of students among the incarcerated
A new report on helping incarcerated people obtain the education they need to improve their lives and avoid further contact with the justice system shows how much progress we’ve made – and how states could be doing so much better.
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Collaboration beats competition: HBCUs work together for student success
With rising costs and tightening resources amid debate over the value of a college degree, competition across higher education is fierce. But what happens when a few colleges and universities decide to collaborate instead?
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Most companies now offer tuition assistance for employees – but are they doing it right?
Each year, U.S. companies spend billions of dollars supporting college education for their employees. By better designing the programs that direct those dollars—not necessarily spending more—employers can significantly improve the talent within their own ranks, contribute to their communities, and help meet the nation’s talent goals.
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Gramps knew that all learning matters; it’s time to make it all count
The smartest man I’ve ever known was my grandfather. A child of immigrants, he came of age during the Great Depression, served his country in World War II as an Air Force mechanic, and was an entrepreneur his entire life.
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Equity and excellence – Quality matters in prison higher education
Incarcerated people need access to quality higher education just as much as traditional students, so higher education in prison should meet the same standards as programs outside the walls.
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Don’t lose your mind over ‘brain drain’ - focus on creating talent
A new report documents the mobility of highly educated people in the United States, offering a grim new portrait of how such movement affects communities.
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Creating a post-high school learning system for everybody
Lumina is proud to release a Request for Information to help us learn more about how post-high school providers – colleges and universities, employers, workforce training providers, state systems, and consortia – recognize and validate learning gained outside college courses.
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Adult students – whatever you call them – are key to our talent needs
It was a hot topic at our annual Talent Hub and Community Network Convening. Most of our community partnerships focus on improving post-high school attainment among adults, but nearly all the cities we work with struggle with what to call those adults.
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Prison education is about more than keeping offenders from returning
My colleague and friend, the Rev. Vivian Nixon, executive director of the College and Community Fellowship, said something that deeply moved me when we last spoke, "We know what happens to students who earn a postsecondary credential. Why in the world would the metrics and outcomes be any different for people who earn them while incarcerated?"
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