Lumina Foundation is working to increase the share of adults in the U.S. labor force with college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity.
At many California State University campuses, the lack of on-campus housing is a major barrier for low-income students attending college. To address this challenge, CSU added more than 17,000 new beds over the last decade, with plans to add more. Yet students still struggle to locate housing on or close to campus.
What are the barriers to building more on-campus housing? Why does it matter for students? Students and school officials weigh in.
Over the past year, members of the American Association of University Professors, a 110-year-old organization that is fundamental in defining and protecting academic freedom, have found themselves, their disciplines, and their universities on the receiving end of the Trump administration’s unrelenting attack on higher education.
Now, more than a year into his presidency of the AAUP—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector” fight that’s not just reactive.
Katerin felt her whole body flush when she opened her fall tuition bill from the University of Houston: it had nearly doubled to $7,900. The 24-year-old has lived in Texas since her parents brought her to the United States from Mexico when she was just a young child. Thanks to the 2001 Texas Dream Act, she’s always qualified for in-state tuition as she works toward a master’s degree in social work.
A federal court ruling swiftly gutted the law in June, ending the benefit for thousands of undocumented students. But Katerin is in the country legally, as a recipient of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects certain immigrants from deportation and allows them to work legally.
More than half of community college students contemplate abandoning their college plans entirely due to complicated admissions processes and inadequate support, according to a new survey that highlights critical gaps in how colleges onboard prospective students.
The survey of 1,000 community college students, conducted by education consulting firm EAB, shows that 56 percent of respondents consider not attending community college at all. The top reasons include frustration with the enrollment process (24 percent), uncertainty about choosing a major (24 percent), and lack of follow-up from college staff (14 percent).
Every fall, more than 1,500 first-year students start at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. About half of them are the first in their family to attend college. It’s a big milestone for a group that faces challenges not only in applying to school but also in adjusting and making it to graduation.
In this essay, one of those first-generation students, Jayla Ward, reflects on how she is preparing to transition to college life and the people and programs responsible for getting her there.
California State University is the nation’s largest public four-year system, with nearly half a million students. Therefore, it is significant that starting this year, CSU will make OpenAI's ChatGPT available to all these students and faculty.
It’s also controversial. The effort will cost nearly $17 million—even as the system faces a $2.3 billion budget gap. Critics say the cash-strapped system misspent millions of dollars. CSU leaders insist the expense is necessary to prepare students for a changing economy.
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