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.
After 16 months in a federal prison camp, William (Rick) Singer has had time to reflect on his role as the architect of a college-admissions bribery scheme that became known as Varsity Blues. The college consultant has apologized for concocting a plot that helped wealthy families, including some Hollywood celebrities, secure admission for their children to prestigious universities. But he isn’t slinking into the shadows.
Singer says he’s already back in the consulting business. And he has come out of prison swinging, blasting the FBI, the college-admissions system, and anyone who might question the credentials of the students he represented.
With elite U.S. universities in President Donald Trump's crosshairs, the leader of Harvard University says institutions need to double down on their "commitment to the good of the nation" and be firm in what they stand for.
Harvard President Alan Garber says he finds recent measures taken by Trump, including a multi-billion-dollar funding freeze and attempts to block enrollment of international students, to be "perplexing." He explains more in this interview.
A new book, Imprisoned Minds: Lost Boys, Trapped Men, and Solutions From Within the Prison, represents an unusual academic partnership between someone who studies the criminal justice system and someone who lives within it.
The book is a collaboration between Erik Maloney, who is serving a life sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections, and Kevin Wright, a criminal justice professor who directs the Center for Correctional Solutions at Arizona State University. The two men discuss their goal to address trauma behind bars and how they collaborated across prison walls in this interview.
A federal judge has blocked an effort by President Donald Trump to ban Harvard University's ability to enroll international students. More than a quarter of the university's students come from outside the United States.
Abdullah Shahid Sial, a rising junior from Pakistan who serves as Harvard's student body co-president, weighs in on the escalating war between Harvard and the Trump administration.
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, universities across the United States have become targets of a new White House agenda to change higher education in the country. Federal funds supporting research have been cut, and programs that encourage diversity on campuses have been upended.
While international students face an urgent need to find universities that will sponsor their visas and allow them to continue their studies, some U.S. citizens are leaving for what they believe are better opportunities.
A plan to nearly double the amount of electricity drawn from naturally occurring heat deep below Mendocino and Sonoma counties could create thousands of new jobs in the region.
Mendocino County workforce officials and Mendocino College leaders are taking note, ramping up programs and creating new ones to train students to weatherize buildings, install and maintain solar projects, and take on other roles related to clean energy jobs.
