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.
Mori Hosseini is the most powerful person at the University of Florida, operating as the hard-charging chairman of the school's board of trustees and at the center of one of the nation’s most politically influential and closely watched systems of public higher education.
The Republican chairman has at times functioned as a bulwark against his party’s hardest-right instincts, using his substantial political capital to shield UF’s academic credibility from legislative overreach while aggressively recruiting top faculty of all ideological stripes. Now, some wonder if Hosseini is the one person who can prevent a full-fledged MAGA takeover of Florida's flagship campus.
Texas A&M University has stopped one of its professors from teaching Plato's "Symposium" in his philosophy class. The Greek philosopher's writing explores themes of sexuality and gender, making it susceptible to the university's new rules adopted in November that ban the teaching of “race and gender ideology.”
Martin Peterson is the professor who has not been allowed to teach Plato. In this interview, he discusses his concerns about what that means for his students.
What was once an underused mobile app at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been rebuilt to serve as a central hub for student information and services.
The app, "Hello Heels," was relaunched during first-year orientation last fall after undergoing a redesign based on input from students through advisory boards, focus groups, and surveys. Students now rely on the app for “real-time” updates on everything from bus tracking to dining hall offerings.
College enrollment in the United States continued to rise last fall, surpassing prepandemic levels. The news provides some welcome relief and clear insights for college leaders worried about reports showing many Americans questioning the value of a college degree.
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's latest research, enrollment rose at four-year public universities and at community colleges, where short-term credentials tied to the workforce grew by 28 percent when compared with a year ago.
Iowa lawmakers and community college leaders have found themselves on the same page about the potential benefits of offering baccalaureate degrees based on local needs, with legislation to make that potential a reality already filed.
Nearly half of all U.S. states already incorporate bachelor’s degrees into their community college offerings, with Illinois and Nebraska currently contemplating legislation to do the same.
As higher education works to better connect learning with real-world value, microcredentials are emerging as a powerful tool for translating academic outcomes into recognizable skills. Their long-term impact depends not only on design but also on faculty engagement, shared frameworks, and institutional alignment.
Jennifer Potter of the University of Maryland weighs in on how faculty microcredential pilots are redefining credential value and what it takes to move those pilots to a sustainable, systemwide ecosystem.
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