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.
Bethany Russell grew up in Bristol, Tennessee, and served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer before enrolling in a joint master's program at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government. The 30-year-old currently studies U.S. economic competition with China and says, even though she feels welcome on campus, her peers struggle to relate to her military status.
Maia Jackson should have been cranking out a research paper for her communications class. Instead, she found herself loading up at a food pantry to secure groceries for her household amid the nation’s longest government shutdown.
An estimated 1.1 million college students rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, including parents like Jackson, who attends North Dakota State University in Fargo. For these students, a delayed SNAP payment isn’t a mere hiccup but a serious setback that can imperil their education, their health, and the stability of their children, experts contend.
Some people in higher education view artificial intelligence as a threat—a way for students to offload the hard work of college assignments. Others see the technology as an opportunity and are creating ways to ensure graduates are ready for a world where human skills and creativity complement AI rather than compete with it.
In this interview, three technology insiders discuss the training and skills needed to be an 'AI-ready learner' and worker and why they believe AI isn't replacing learning—it's redefining it.
Latina community college presidents are breaking barriers as institutional firsts, but their groundbreaking leadership comes with heightened scrutiny, pressure to assimilate, and constant challenges to their authority, according to a new report from the American Council on Education and TIAA Institute.
The report draws on conversations with five Latina community college presidents who lead Hispanic-Serving Institutions. All are the first Latinas to hold their positions at institutions over 70 years old, where walls of presidential portraits serve as unsettling reminders of historically white, male leadership.
The Trump administration has tried to reshape higher education by cutting off funding and issuing a series of executive orders that target diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender rights, and how universities handle investigations into antisemitism.
While some universities reached settlements, others are navigating the academic year squarely in the federal government's crosshairs. That includes the University of California, Los Angeles.
Transferring credits from one school to another can be stressful, particularly for community college students, who lose an average of 22 percent of their credits when moving to a four-year college. That credit gap can leave students scrambling to find the time and money to retake classes and presents a significant barrier to degree completion.
A new artificial intelligence-driven platform aims to help.
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