News and views in higher education attainment from Lumina Foundation

Featured Story

Colleges buck enrollment trends by increasing their supports for students

More than 40 million people in this country have attended college but stopped before completing a degree, and I can understand why.

Jamie MerisotisMay 29, 2023

Female college students talk with their male friend after the graduation ceremony.

How do we bounce back from the enrollment plunge? Four colleges show the way.

A new National Student Clearinghouse report says 40.4 million Americans have some college but no degree, up from 39 million a year ago.

Courtney Brown May 24, 2023

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Think carefully before deciding to delay the path to or through college

Taking a break between high school and college, or in the middle of your studies, is tempting. After all, the learning process can be hard, and exhausting. But the times we are in call for caution when it comes to any delays in education.

Jamie Merisotis May 15, 2023

Featured Podcast

Addressing Mental Health on College Campuses

Dakota PawlickiMarch 29, 2023

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Jasmine Haywood

Jasmine Haywood leads a portfolio of work that supports the creation of a system in which student success and credential attainment are scaled up significantly, particularly at four-year institutions. .

Student Supports

Supporting student parents is much more than providing child care

I wasn’t old enough to remember my mother carting me to campus at the University at Albany as an infant. When I asked her what it was like to be a young wife and mother in her senior year of college, she responded: “I never even told my professors that I had a baby.”

Jasmine HaywoodOct. 3, 2022

Racial Justice and Equity

New grants will support a crucial focus on Black adult students at five North Carolina HBCUs

Lumina Foundation is supporting new work at the intersection of higher education and racial equity by funding HBCUs to identify and eliminate some of the barriers blocking adult students from the education they need for long-term success.

Jasmine HaywoodSept. 29, 2021

Racial Justice and Equity

Putting equity first in scaling high-impact practices helps Black, Latino, and adult students thrive

When designed and implemented with equitable outcomes in mind, more engaged and active teaching and learning approaches—known as “high-impact practices” (HIPs) —can benefit college students across the board, especially students of color and adults, a Lumina-supported project shows.

Jasmine HaywoodMarch 4, 2021

Prison Education

Education is changing lives at California’s San Quentin prison

San Quentin, one of the country’s most notorious prisons and the subject of movies, songs and TV shows, is fast becoming known for something else: rehabilitation.

Jasmine HaywoodOct. 18, 2018

Adult Pathways

Colleges buck enrollment trends by increasing their supports for students

Research and Evaluation

How do we bounce back from the enrollment plunge? Four colleges show the way.

Today's Credentials

Think carefully before deciding to delay the path to or through college

Student Supports

Addressing Mental Health on College Campuses

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Jasmine Haywood

Student Supports

Supporting student parents is much more than providing child care

Racial Justice and Equity

New grants will support a crucial focus on Black adult students at five North Carolina HBCUs

Racial Justice and Equity

Putting equity first in scaling high-impact practices helps Black, Latino, and adult students thrive

Prison Education

Education is changing lives at California’s San Quentin prison