Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 90 percent of all aircraft pilots are white males. Those in the field describe multiple obstacles to changing these demographics: a lack of transparency around how to break into piloting, the high cost of most programs, and the perception that the airline industry is unfriendly to women and people from underrepresented groups.
Broward College is trying to improve that trajectory.
A model for high-dosage math tutoring employing nearly 1,000 college and graduate students has taken root across Maryland, converting some into lifelong educators and providing middle schoolers with diverse mentors.
Now in its first full academic year, the Maryland Tutoring Corps is bringing hundreds of college students from Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Salisbury University into the lives of middle schoolers in Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Wicomico County Public Schools.
Despite a growing need for mental health care in Massachusetts, a shortage of service providers has long posed a challenge, experts say.
A new state trust fund aims to bridge that gap, helping to boost the pipeline of trained behavioral health workers by providing students with financial support for paid internships and training programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Higher education has historically marginalized or actively excluded Indigenous knowledge. However, some universities around the world now recognize how First Nations’ wisdom and culture can enrich education and are giving these communities a greater voice.
This podcast explores the work at two universities—one in Canada and one in New Zealand.
The past year was a tumultuous one for American colleges and universities. Scores of institutions were forced to contain serious budget deficits. Campus protests broke out across the nation. Several prominent university presidents were forced from office. State legislatures continued to attack curricular and diversity initiatives.
What higher education issues will dominate in 2025? Will it be a better year for colleges and universities or another one marked by turmoil and controversy? Here are five trends to watch.
In the next decade, millions of manufacturing jobs will open up in the United States as workers retire. Meanwhile, the sector is also supposed to add more jobs with help from federal subsidies. But by some current estimates, only half of the jobs will be filled.
Some two-year colleges, like Cincinnati State, are becoming key training grounds to prepare students for those future positions.
