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.
How can colleges and universities evolve and grow without losing their core values?
Paul LeBlanc, former president of Southern New Hampshire University, explores that question in this interview on the tension between tradition and progress in higher education. LeBlanc also shares his journey from first-generation student to university president, along with lessons on leadership, governance, and innovation.
These are disconcerting times for international students in America. The fallout of President Donald Trump's attempt to strip Harvard University of its right to enroll foreign students is being felt across the country and could threaten research science and innovation for years to come.
While a federal judge has sided with Harvard for now, the legal battle is threatening international scholarship at the nation's oldest university and beyond. Ted Mitchell of the American Council on Education, Stephanie Saul, an education reporter at the New York Times, and others weigh in.
As colleges navigate major disruption—from a loss of federal funding to AI advancements—they’re also being forced to grapple with persistent questions around their role in skills training, trust in their institutions, and how to keep pace with digital learning innovations.
At Digital Universities, a convening of more than 150 faculty, teaching, and learning administrators and education-technology experts, attendees came away with a sense of urgency to meet this moment of unpredictability and uncertainty.
As climate disasters become more frequent and severe, some colleges are investing in programs to address environmental changes and prepare students to engage in green careers.
Lou Leonard, the inaugural dean of Clark University's School of Climate, Environment, and Society, explains more about the need for this new school and how such education can tackle climate anxiety among young people.
Nestled inside Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is a bold idea: to penalize colleges and universities whose students leave with mountains of student loan debt but not nearly the earnings boost to pay it off—and to reward schools that do the opposite.
Or, as U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told lawmakers in a recent hearing, it's a way to force schools to have "a little skin in the game."
Tyler Johnson was proud to be one of almost 6,500 students graduating from the University of Delaware in May. But his worries about unemployment marred what should have been a moment of celebration and an opportunity to reflect on his academic and personal accomplishments.
It may not be the Great Recession, but with tariffs, hiring freezes, and the advent of artificial intelligence, the current job market has college graduates wondering where they fit.
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