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.
When James Means enrolled in the Shawn Carter Foundation's college preparation program in 2014, he found more than just SAT prep and essay writing workshops. He discovered a community that would support not only his journey to Virginia State University but also his entire family's path toward educational achievement and financial empowerment.
Founded by hip-hop icon Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and his mother, Gloria Carter, the Shawn Carter Foundation has spent years opening doors for students of color who face barriers to higher education. What sets the organization apart is its holistic approach—one that recognizes education as a family endeavor.
North Carolina campus leaders are urging international students and staff to take precautions and promising to protect student privacy amid a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte areas.
Despite those efforts, some students and employees fear campuses aren’t doing enough to protect them after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security boasted upwards of 250 arrests in and around Charlotte recently.
Since Congress approved the Workforce Pell program this summer, stakeholders have been debating how to implement it. To help inform those discussions—which are happening at the national, state, and campus levels—the American Association of Community Colleges and the Education Design Lab recently convened an advisory group to survey the Workforce Pell landscape.
The purpose of the group is to strengthen their knowledge about Workforce Pell, discuss areas that will best support community colleges’ Workforce Pell efforts, and identify next steps. The bottom line: there’s a lot of work to do in very little time before the program starts next July.
At a time of historic nurse shortages, aspiring healthcare workers might find it harder to get help paying for their degree.
Nursing advocates are raising alarms that a new set of proposed federal regulations could limit the amount of financial aid available to fund the next generation of nurses. The concern stems from proposed new regulations that the U.S. Department of Education recently developed around limits to federal student loans.
The University of Virginia is pressing forward with the search for its next president amid a fierce dispute between the state’s governor and governor-elect over board legitimacy, conflicting accounts of the previous president’s departure, and internal disagreement over a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice. The selection UVa makes will indicate its strategy to avoid conflict with the Trump administration.
The next leader will inherit a flagship that has been at the center of President Trump's campaign to remake higher education, targeted for its continued adherence to diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The scrutiny eventually led the school's president, James E. Ryan, to resign over the summer.
In education, where the need for both talent and innovation is great, a new kind of pathway is taking shape.
Teach for America’s Ignite Fellowship started as a pandemic-era response to learning loss. But it has become something more: a model that allows college students to “try on” purpose-driven careers through paid, high-impact tutoring. In the process, they gain experience, confidence, and leadership skills that last long beyond a semester.
