Education and training after high school, long known to be a vehicle for economic mobility, will play a pivotal role in our recovery, but only if that promise is just as true for communities of color. Systematically, however, that has not been the case for Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American adult students. Some renewed commitments and opportunities at community colleges may help change that.
When companies invest in employees, workers gain skills and opportunities for career advancement, and employers build more qualified workforces while boosting their bottom lines.
INDIANAPOLIS—Lumina Foundation today announced the results of its study of Live Better U, Walmart’s associate education and training program. The study focused on understanding the attrition, promotion, and job performance ratings by race and ethnicity among employees who enrolled.
Community colleges serve one of the most diverse student bodies in higher education. Despite tight funding, they serve millions of people through job training and are a cost-effective pathway to a university degree.
Nearly 1 in 4 college students today have children or care for dependents. Colleges and universities are often not set up to support parenting students. Nicole Lynn Lewis of Generation Hope, and Buffy Tanner and Janet Hubbard of Shasta College join us to talk about what is being done to support parenting students.
Set in the lush green hills of western North Carolina is Penland School of Craft. In the summer of 1998, I found myself there, taking a course in flameworking as part of my art education degree program at the University of Florida.
Lumina Foundation’s refreshed Stronger Nation online tool shows progress–and continuing gaps–across the country when it comes to the post-high school education needed for success today. This is one of series of dives into the material by Lumina’s vice president of impact and planning.
Progress is about partnerships – in racial justice and education as surely as anywhere else.
In Lumina’ case, as we embrace a national goal of ensuring that more working-age adults have a quality credential beyond high school, that means partnering with others and encouraging best practices across the country through our state policy agenda.
Lumina Foundation has committed $1 million to partner with Complete College America to support historically Black colleges as they break down barriers, increase attainment, create essential networks, and build platforms to amplify their vital role.