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.
As the class of 2025 enters the workforce, the Trump administration has dismantled career paths for graduates interested in climate and sustainability work, international aid, public service, and research across the natural, behavioral, and social sciences. Federal jobs are disappearing, and the administration is eliminating grants and agency divisions that sustain university research programs and launch careers.
For Grace Veenstra, who has spent her life marveling at the volcanoes, glaciers, and forests in her native Alaska, these events are a sobering reminder of her new job-search reality.
Five years after Northeastern University’s Center for Inclusive Computing was founded, the center can boast broad success in its goal of making computer science education more accessible. At its partner institutions, which number more than 100, the numbers of women and people of color studying computer science have increased much more sharply than those of men and white people.
In this interview, the CIC's Carla Brodley talks about where computer science education, one of the fastest-growing majors of the past several decades, stands—and where it is going.
In about two dozen states, immigrant students who have protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program can pay in-state tuition for college, which can mean big savings. But amid a broader crackdown on illegal immigration, that discount is at risk.
In Florida, for instance, thousands of students must now figure out how to finish college with higher costs.
Tina Johnson was just two days away from finalizing the purchase of a used Nissan Pathfinder when she got notice that her pre-approved loan was no longer valid. Her credit score had fallen from 650 to 418 after she missed $440 worth of student loan payments that she didn’t realize were required again.
She's not alone. Millions of Americans are suddenly facing dramatically lower credit scores from delinquent student loans, making it tougher for them to secure housing, insurance, car loans, and even employment at a vulnerable time for the U.S. economy.
The Trump administration’s directive to stop international students from enrolling at Harvard University is creating "profound fear, concern, and confusion,” the university’s director of immigration services stated in a court filing this week.
Countless international students have asked about transferring; others are afraid to go to their graduations. A handful of American students have also expressed hesitation about attending a school without international students. The filing also mentions that several students are experiencing difficulties at airports due to their Harvard visas.
In April, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders related to higher education. One centers on the accreditation process that the federal government relies on for vetting colleges that receive billions of dollars in student aid.
Two officials from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation weigh in on what the accreditation system may look like during Trump’s second term.
