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Despite enrollment and completion rates declining and Americans' confidence in higher education falling, the economic case for earning a college degree remains solid. College graduates earn about $1 million more over the course of their working years than U.S. adults with no college degree, on average.

Utah’s population is changing. If the state’s post-secondary educational institutions do not respond to those changes, tens of thousands of Utahns may miss out on educational advancement in the coming decades, says this report from the Utah Foundation. The study highlights various ways of promoting both student retention and completion of certificates and degrees for…

Only 25 percent of the country’s 1.2 million first-generation or low-income college students are predicted to earn their degree and land a strong job or attend graduate school, according to this report from the American Enterprise Institute. The status quo exacerbates inequality and pushes the American dream further out of reach for many Americans. The…

These slides highlight the strategies and tactics Lumina relies on to build a fair and just education and training system for today's student that also meets society's needs.

This visualization highlights the strategies and tactics Lumina relies on to build a fair and just education and training system for today's student that also meets society’s needs.

The classic tension between free will and determinism can be found in the contemporary college or university within disciplines ranging from sociology to neuroscience to political science. The enduring and challenging questions faculty, researchers, and students all wrestle with include: How much freedom do we really have? Do we decide and act with an understanding…

Kentucky is on track to reach its 60x30 educational attainment goal. In 2018-19, the total number of undergraduate degrees and credentials (public and AIKCU) increased 3.5% over the prior year. An average annual increase of 1.7% is needed.

Report: Puerto Rico saw 44% drop in students since ‘06

Americans believe in the tremendous potential of higher education—but they also feel that higher education is falling short of that promise, suggests a survey from New America. The inaugural survey shows both unifying themes and differences across age, gender, generation, region, and socioeconomic status when it comes to the value of a college education, who…

Lumina Foundation is committed to a fair, universal system for learning that meets the nation’s talent needs. The system must offer every American the chance for a better life by recognizing learning however it occurs. And this learning should lead to a broad range of marketable credentials.

New research sponsored by the IRS and funded by a group of foundations, including Gates, Russell Sage, and Robert Woods Johnson uses IRS and National Student Loan Data System data to look at earnings of graduates between the ages of 32 and 34. The authors calculated a “Mobility Index” to measure the success of every…

The rate at which Massachusetts residents earn college degrees will pivot from growth to decline by 2022 unless the state’s public higher education system is able to increase the number of students who enroll and earn diplomas, contends this report from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.

Economic mobility in every region of North Carolina ranks well below the national average, according to this report from the John M. Belk Endowment. The study documents the link between education and economic success, plus profiles innovative efforts to boost mobility in eight communities across the state.

A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines what it says are ways to strengthen the nation’s economy by improving college accessibility and affordability. Among the report’s suggestions: an early guarantee of federal financial aid that allows all high school graduates to receive enough financial support to attend a local public college or…

The inaugural Gallup-Purdue Index (GPI) finds that to meet the talent demands of our nation we need a higher education system that is student- and learning-centered, producing students with good lives and good jobs. The GPI is a new and unique tool that will help institutions improve and accomplish these outcomes. The study also finds…