Adult Pathways 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
Research and Evaluation 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
Today's Credentials 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
Human Work and Learning The College Problem In America Is About More Than Cost We’ve gotten used to the warning signs about higher education—the flashing dashboard lights, as it were, of falling enrollment, rising costs, battered budgets, and rattled public confidence. Jamie MerisotisMarch 20, 2023
Human Work and Learning In the age of artificial intelligence, we need our human skills to keep it real The rapid rise of ChatGPT has spawned equal proportions of hype, horror, and hope about the potential of artificial intelligence. Jamie MerisotisMarch 6, 2023
Human Work and Learning Don’t Call These Skills Soft Problem solving and communication are among the ‘durable skills’ in huge demand as the global labor shortage grows. Jamie MerisotisDec. 8, 2022
Human Work and Learning Remarks by Jamie Merisotis, Franklin College Commencement, May 21, 2022 Good morning. Thank you, President Prather for this honor and for your leadership. In just about every way to measure someone in your important role, you have excelled – leading the college at a time of great societal challenge yet still enrolling more students, expanding student diversity, introducing new tech innovation and digital fluency initiatives,… Jamie MerisotisMay 24, 2022
Human Work and Learning Father James Martin: Ethics, compassion, and the vital role of people in the age of smart machines Our culture increasingly depends on advanced technology, but we'll always need people on hand to make ethical decisions and other judgment calls. That's one of the themes of my book, "Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines," and it's something that came up several times when I talked with James Martin, S.J., recently. Jamie MerisotisFeb. 17, 2022
Human Work and Learning Adm. James Stavridis: COVID created a ‘new world’ of higher ed, but there’s much more to do Higher education has met some critical challenges during the wrenching two years of the pandemic but still must do better at making education affordable and helping students complete their degrees. Jamie MerisotisFeb. 2, 2022
Human Work and Learning My dad the inventor had the bootstraps he needed to lift himself up—but not the education In a country that prides itself as the land of opportunity, we forget how close many have come to success—only to fall short for the lack of some critical ingredient. Chris MullinNov. 15, 2021
Human Work and Learning Eight questions for Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO of Lumina Foundation Jamie Merisotis has spent most of his 30-plus-year career at the intersection of philanthropy, education, and work. He’s the president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation, a funder with over $1 billion in assets and a mission to increase the proportion of Americans with degrees, certificates, and other high-quality credentials to 60% by 2025. Oct. 10, 2021
Human Work and Learning Education, job skills—and creativity: What I learned making art from molten glass 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. Chris MullinSept. 8, 2021
Human Work and Learning Is America’s Workforce Ready for a Tsunami of Skilled Jobs? As America continues to emerge from the pandemic’s grip, several economists — including Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell — anticipate a wave of job creation in the second half of the year, and some expect the U.S. economy to achieve a level of growth we haven’t seen in 30 years. Jamie MerisotisJuly 27, 2021
Human Work and Learning If robots rule the recovery, can Black and brown workers benefit? The job market and a whole dashboard of economic indicators are sending us mixed messages lately. Before we get too excited about the recovery—or too depressed by the enormous challenges still looming—we should consider at least two emerging world views. Jamie MerisotisMay 18, 2021
Human Work and Learning Op-ed: Manufacturing tech is leaving Indiana behind. Here’s what we can do about it. A business story in The Washington Post caught my eye recently — and not just because it focused on Indiana. The geographic connection was interesting, but what mattered more was topicality. Jamie MerisotisMay 12, 2021
Human Work and Learning This year, get Mom the gift that lasts: An education to help her succeed in the human work economy On Mother’s Day we pause to consider the vital role women and mothers play in not just in our own lives, but in holding our society together. But in this unprecedented year, we should do more than celebrate and give thanks. In too many ways, the past year has been devastating for women — working… Jamie Merisotis, Zakiya Smith EllisMay 9, 2021
Human Work and Learning ‘The Middle: Indianapolis’ – why the story of middle-class progress in the heartland matters The economic challenges we face can be seen in nearly every community across the nation, and in seeking to tell the story of those challenges—and what we can do about them—Indianapolis seemed the perfect place for a digital magazine examining the struggle to preserve one city's middle class amid a changing workplace. Jamie MerisotisMay 4, 2021
