Colleges Must Attend to 3 Crucial Areas
Aug. 17, 2020
In higher ed's pivot during COVID, let's focus on them to ensure quality and equity—and avoid repeating past mistakes.
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To preserve our democratic freedoms, let’s cultivate service-minded, thoughtful citizens
Aug. 13, 2020
The work of the future will demand that people hone their human traits and capabilities to distinguish their work from that of smart machines. We’re long used to robots welding on the factory floor and ATMs dispensing cash. But with advances in automation, technology and artificial intelligence, machines will soon do most jobs and aspects of jobs that are repeatable.
How colleges and states can help students caught in the pandemic ‘swirl’
July 31, 2020
As we discussed in our first blog post on “student swirl,” the reality that is starting to emerge is that many of today’s students’ educational journeys are changing as childcare, school openings, and jobs are still uncertain.
Prior learning credits help students cross the finish line to earn degrees
July 29, 2020
College students lucky enough to know about it are embracing the growing movement toward prior learning assessment, and many say credits earned in this way helped them complete a degree or program they otherwise would not have.
All IN: The Skills Gap Debate
July 28, 2020
Within days of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing businesses to shut down, or dramatically change their operations, unemployment skyrocketed. Now Hoosier workers and business owners are left wondering how to piece things back together.
States should exert their power to grant college degrees—especially for these three student groups
July 22, 2020
To jump-start their economies in the wake of COVID-19, states will need to do more than just reopen bars and hair salons. They must help millions of people gain the skills they need to work in a dramatically changed employment market. Most of those post-pandemic jobs in the U.S. will require education and training beyond high school. But higher education, as it operates today, can’t address states’ massive economic recovery needs.
As America faces its racial equity challenges, HBCUs provide critical solutions
July 20, 2020
While today’s college students are experiencing the uncertainties caused by a global pandemic, racial injustice, and high unemployment rates, those same circumstances present the opportunity to build one of the most resilient and influential graduating classes in recent history, according to Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of Howard University.
Honor the treaties: Deliver on promises to educate Native Americans
July 14, 2020
In an interview with Amanda R. Tachine, assistant professor of higher education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, and Jameson David “J.D.” Lopez, assistant professor of educational policy studies and practice at the College of Education, University of Arizona, I discussed the importance of Native American voices in policy dialogues about affordability and student borrowing.
The story of Latino borrowers’ academic persistence is missing from state and federal policy dialogues
July 14, 2020
In an interview with Janette Martinez, a senior policy and research analyst at Excelencia in Education, I discussed the importance of Hispanic voices in policy dialogues about affordability and student borrowing.
Policymaking to aid Black borrowers shouldn’t happen without Black experts in the room
July 14, 2020
In an interview with Dominique Baker, assistant professor of education policy, Simmons School of Education & Human Development, Southern Methodist University, I discussed the importance of Black voices in policy dialogues about affordability and student borrowing. Read more on Lumina’s “Borrowers of Color” project.