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.
High-impact practices have been part of higher education for years. Yet too often, they are treated as optional experiences available to only some students. Now, 16 colleges and universities are working to change that by embedding career-connected learning directly into the fabric of the undergraduate experience so that every student can connect their education to meaningful work.
The work is part of Lumina Foundation's From Campus to Career, a national initiative designed to scale career-connected high-impact practices and strengthen workforce outcomes for students. Insights from this effort will inform Lumina’s broader efforts to ensure that, by 2040, 75 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force hold a degree or credential that leads to economic prosperity.
Rewritten syllabuses. Self-censored lectures. Stilted classroom discussions. Grant applications stripped of words that might infuriate President Donald Trump and his allies, if they are submitted at all. Many of the nation’s professors are changing how they teach and research as Trump pursues a seismic reimagining of American higher education.
Although the Trump administration has focused much of its ire on elite institutions, the government’s tactics have unnerved people throughout academia. And the consequences are trickling to campuses large and small, public and private.
Brad Taggart is known for shaping stubborn materials—clay, stone, and bronze—into sculptures of people so vivid they might just gasp to life below his chisel. Now, after years of imparting these techniques to students at Utah's smallest college, he is also receiving recognition for his ability to shape minds, too.
The longtime arts professor at Snow College was named the 2026 Higher Educator of the Year by the Utah Art Education Association, a prestigious award for art teachers who have outsized impact in the classroom, inspiring creative and critical thinking. For many, the recognition comes at a critical time for the arts in higher education.
To mark its 60th anniversary, Neumann University came up with a novel idea: a 60,000-hour service initiative designed to give students and faculty hands-on opportunities to grow, connect, and make a difference in their community.
In total, the university community contributed thousands of hours to service projects addressing food insecurity, youth and education support, senior care, housing and basic needs, and environmental stewardship. The effort also strengthened student engagement and belonging at a time when many institutions are battling an epidemic of loneliness.
Artificial intelligence is a game changer across many fields today, and mathematics is no exception. Yet, the rapid acceleration of AI's ability to solve some of arithmetic’s most challenging proofs has left many mathematicians wondering exactly how they fit into future equations.
One of these mathematicians is Daniel Litt. Litt, who currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, shares his thoughts on what AI may be capable of doing mathematically—and why humans will continue to rule.
Calbright College seemed doomed from the start. Just months after enrolling its first students in 2019, the online community college was under fire from faculty groups, and the California State Assembly had agreed to shut it down. It had “poor management,” “ineffective and inappropriate hiring,” and “inadequate” support for students, a 2021 state audit found.
Yet, the California free community college has managed not only to soldier on but also to grow.
