Lumina Foundation announces election of new board member
Aug. 31, 2015
Lumina Foundation has announced the election of Austan Goolsbee to serve on Lumina Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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← Return to mainLumina issues affordability benchmark to reset national conversation about college affordability
Aug. 19, 2015
Lumina releases Affordability Benchmark for Higher Education to define a clear and common understanding of what “affordable” means to students and families.
Foundations work to close higher education gap through associate’s degree-attainment effort
July 7, 2015
Six major foundations today announced results from a joint initiative to increase postsecondary attainment by easing the path to completing associate’s degrees. Over its 15-month duration, the program, Credit When It’s Due, enabled 7,000 students from 11 states to secure associate’s degrees –helping to reduce the sizable ranks of Americans with some college but no degree.
Lumina Foundation releases guidebook outlining campus strategies for supporting low-income students
June 22, 2015
Beyond Financial Aid calls on colleges and universities to rethink student financial support, increase student success
Diverse Group Of National Organizations Launches Dialogue Aimed At Transforming America’s System Of Postsecondary Credentials
June 11, 2015
Lumina Foundation today released a thought piece, called “Connecting Credentials: A Beta Credentials Framework,” designed to frame the meaning of various credentials in terms of the knowledge and skills that recipients of each credential should have.
Gallup-Lumina Foundation poll finds overwhelming majority of americans support increasing attainment
April 16, 2015
An overwhelming majority of Americans continue to believe that having a certificate or degree beyond high school is important to our success as a nation and as individuals. But, according to new results released today from the annual Gallup-Lumina Foundation Poll on Higher Education, Hispanics and African Americans believe most strongly in the power of postsecondary education to help deliver good jobs and a better quality of life.
New report reveals greater urgency needed to increase postsecondary attainment
April 9, 2015
A new report released today by Lumina Foundation reveals real progress has been made in the national effort to increase postsecondary attainment, but current rates won’t be enough to meet America’s future economic and workforce demands. The annual report, A Stronger Nation through Higher Education, finds that unless actions are taken now to significantly increase postsecondary attainment, the nation will fall short of workforce needs by the end of this decade.
Community-based attainment network expands to 75 cities
Feb. 26, 2015
Lumina Foundation announced the final 20 cities in its 75-city community-based attainment network. This work is designed to help communities and regions dramatically increase the number of local residents with postsecondary credentials. Lumina’s focus on community-based attainment began because of the Foundation’s recognition that community-based networks are well-suited to play a role in institutional planning and can provide the implementation and coordination that is necessary to create impact at state and federal levels in order to improve the nation’s higher education system so that it better serves students.