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.
Reducing failure rates in higher education is typically a mark of student success. But Hamilton College is flipping the narrative this academic year with a new campaign that encourages students to think of failures as learning opportunities and to take risks.
The “failing better” campaign, led by the university’s student success division, ALEX—short for advise, learn, and experience—provides resources and support for staff to push students out of their comfort zones and help them learn to recover from setbacks. The goal is to create a culture shift that makes students more resilient and better prepared to address challenges head-on.
If you’ve ever gotten a Pell Grant to pay for college, a federal student loan, or a completed work-study, the government probably paid for it.
As universities and the Trump administration battle over federal funding, more questions arise about the rules governing the relationship between higher education and the federal government and what’s at stake if those systems falter.
While witnessing a rise in deportations across the country, college-bound high school seniors with immigrant parents in California had to decide this spring whether to submit a federal financial aid application. Their fear: The federal government would use sensitive personal information from the application to identify people in the country who lack legal status.
However, new research from the California Student Aid Commission shows that the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some financial aid advocates initially predicted.
More than 200 college campuses shuttered in a two-year period a decade ago, leaving thousands of students unprepared. The tidal wave of closures came amid accusations that the institutions’ for-profit owners, Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute, had misled students and failed to deliver a quality education.
In 2022, the organization that accredited many of the campuses run by those companies—the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, or ACICS—was effectively shut down by the U.S. Department of Education. Today, however, Anthony Bieda, a longtime ACICS executive, is back in the accreditation game at a pivotal point in the federal recalibrating of higher ed.
At the entrance to the main building of Rio de Janeiro State University, one thing stands out as students walk quickly back and forth to class. The crowd is extremely diverse.
The U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action policies in a 2023 ruling, stating race-based college admissions were unconstitutional. But in Brazil, not only is affirmative action alive and well—it’s thriving.
As the Trump administration continues its highly publicized campaign against many aspects of higher education in this country, including attacks on international students, cutbacks in research funding, pressure on university presidents, and the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the ramifications of those actions are becoming clearer.
One apparent effect is a marked increase in the number of American undergraduates looking to U.K. institutions to continue their postsecondary education.
