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.
Student loan scams have been operating for years, and they’ve eluded multiple efforts by regulators to quash them. They often become particularly active during periods of significant change to the student loan program.
Now, as student loan repayment rules shift and the Trump administration reduces oversight of the student loan system, the companies behind these scams see an opportunity to capitalize on borrowers’ confusion, experts say.
A year after the National Institutes of Health terminated more than 2,000 research grants, a new analysis indicates that the cuts disproportionately hurt scientists who identify as people of color and LGBTQ.
The study, published this week in The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, sheds more light on the portion of the scientific workforce that was hit when the NIH canceled an unprecedented number of grants between January and May 2025, mostly regarding the health of racial minorities and LGBTQ people—topics that the Trump administration has deemed to no longer be priorities.
Recently, politicians from both sides of the aisle have been busy exerting influence on state universities. In Virginia, newly elected Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has quickly put her stamp on higher ed, adding political allies to university governing boards and reportedly forcing out some members with whom she disagrees. Meanwhile, Republicans in states across the country are getting more aggressive in attacking colleges and universities over their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Politicians and governance experts alike often extol the virtues of depoliticizing universities, but does anyone actually think that’s realistic now?
College Decision Day can be a stressful time filled with tears, confusion, and plenty of guesswork for students and families. Whether you’re 18 choosing a college or 38 weighing a return to learning, the stakes are personal, the options overwhelming, and the “right” answer far less clear than we’d like.
Lumina Foundation's Wendy Sedlak recently finished navigating the college admissions process with her daughter, Harper. In this essay, Sedlak shares the lessons that emerged, ones that resonate not just for her family but for anyone facing a trying education decision in today's shifting admissions landscape.
Antonio Delgado of Miami Dade College recently wrote that the coming artificial intelligence economy will produce a new and consequential divide: not between those with college degrees and those without, but between those trained to work with AI and those who are not.
And while elite research universities dominate headlines about artificial intelligence, the two-year colleges serving nearly half of all American undergraduates are quietly building the pipelines that will actually put AI to work—in hospitals, on factory floors, in energy grids, and across the small- and mid-sized businesses that form the backbone of the U.S. economy.
College presidents are facing many challenges these days, including an uncertain federal policy landscape, declining enrollments, the coming AI economy, and, for some institutions, an outdated operating model.
In this interview, college and university leaders share how they are dealing with the chaos of the current moment and what they see as the immediate and long-term risks to their institutions. Marjorie Hass, president of the Council of Independent Colleges, also joins the conversation to explain why discussions about mergers and acquisitions are more common among private, nonprofit institutions.
