Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
Throughout his time on the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump made sweeping statements about mass deportations of millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States, which could impact students and staff at colleges and universities across the country.
While institutions of higher education do not have a legal defense against deportation of their campus community members, administrators can still address uncertainty and help students feel more connected to campus, says this report from The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.
For Andy Kim, the Democratic senator-elect from New Jersey, college started at Deep Springs College, where students split their time between intensive seminar classes and the manual labor of running the college. Kim would go on to earn his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, one of the nation’s most selective colleges.
Many of Kim's fellow lawmakers also pursued their undergraduate degrees from Ivy League universities, according to a new analysis that dissects the educational backgrounds of every current and incoming member of Congress.
More college and university leaders are stepping up to make student success a priority at their schools, finding innovative ways to support students so they can stay in college and graduate.
This episode of The Key explores those commitments and how they compare with what students reveal about student success programs. Trey Conatser, assistant provost for teaching and learning at the University of Kentucky, joins the conversation to discuss what his institution is doing to prioritize and empower students.
Taos, New Mexico, is a well-known tourist destination, something that drives commerce in the community. But there’s much more to the local economy, local leaders say.
Workforce development officials are now embracing the area's "hidden industries," looking at how to keep tourism flowing while creating partnerships and coalitions to build out the economy’s other dimensions, including ranching, agriculture, and green energy.
Hector Torres wishes he had not waited so long to start college. That’s not the weighty middle-aged regret of lost dreams. It’s the lament of an Indianapolis high school senior who waited until late into his sophomore year to take advantage of the college classes Indiana offers high schoolers for free or at little cost.
Torres is not the only one. Indiana is one of the few states where starting college as a high school sophomore makes you a late bloomer. The state ranks just behind Idaho in leading an early college credit movement.
Any given calendar year is full of its worries and concerns. But when college leaders reflect on 2024, they describe a year loaded with exceptional pressure and stress.
From a spring full of student protests to the ending of diversity, equity, and inclusion measures in some states, the list of stressors is only likely to increase as time marches into 2025. In this interview, higher education experts weigh in on the top stories of 2024 and their predictions on what may lie ahead.
