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.
“Nope. Nothing. Nada.” “Not at all.” “No.” “NO.” “NO!” Those are just some of the more than 2,000 responses the University of Virginia received in October to a survey question asking community members whether there were parts of the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that they supported.
The feedback illuminates the extent to which large swaths of the campus community balked at the idea of their university signing not just the controversial compact but any agreement with the federal government.
Multiple public and private universities announced job and program cuts, as well as other money-saving measures, last month in response to financial challenges driven by a range of factors.
Some institutions note the loss of federal research funding, while others cite declining international enrollment amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students. Still others point to sector-wide challenges, including the worsening public perception of higher education. And some colleges cut low-demand programs to comply with state laws such as Ohio’s Senate Bill 1.
Limestone University graduated its final class this past spring after a last-ditch effort to raise enough money to stay open fell short. Founded in the mid-19th century, the South Carolina institution experienced financial tumult several times throughout its life, including when it closed temporarily during the Civil War era.
Here’s a look at Limestone’s history and what went wrong in the end.
A. Zachary Faison Jr. still remembers the October morning in 2018 when his chief financial officer knocked on his door with news that would have sent most new college presidents into a panic. Just three months into his presidency at Edward Waters College, Faison learned that the Jacksonville institution might not make payroll in November.
That near crisis would prove not to be the beginning of the end but rather the catalyst for one of the most dramatic turnarounds in contemporary HBCU history.
Artificial intelligence is helping doctors treat patients in American hospitals. But many new doctors say they haven’t been trained in how to use it. Now, Stanford University is mandating AI training for all its medical students.
In this interview, Lloyd Minor of Stanford Medical School explains the reasoning behind Stanford's new requirement, what a curriculum looks like regarding AI and the practice of medicine, and why patients of a doctor or medical professional should care about what today's medical students are being taught.
In 2011, students who began their studies at California State University campuses faced daunting challenges if they aimed to graduate within four years. Fewer than 10 percent of first-year students who started at campuses like Sacramento State University and Cal State LA completed their degrees by 2015. Across the entire CSU system, four-year rates averaged just 19 percent.
But Cal State leaders vowed to change those numbers in 2015. Now, the final report card from that decade-long effort has arrived.
