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.
Too many student-parents never make it to graduation, in no small part because their campuses don’t adequately help them fit college into their lives—or even just fit in.
Nevertheless, well over three million student-parents across the nation are pursuing higher education, seeking the intergenerational benefits that come with earning a college degree. To reap those benefits, however, parenting students must overcome countless obstacles as they juggle childcare, work, and academic commitments. Krystle Pale, a UC Santa Cruz graduate and a mother of five, explains more in this essay.
Hundreds of migrant workers, often accompanied by their children, toil tirelessly in fields and dairies, harvest after harvest, to provide Coloradans with products that stimulate economies and fill grocery shelves with vegetables, fruit, and fresh milk in large quantities.
But now the children of these workers will no longer have the support they need to go to college and lift their families out of poverty. Most of the college-based programs that helped thousands of Colorado migrant children enroll and succeed in higher education ended after the U.S. Department of Education abruptly halted federal funding. Two Colorado programs, however, remain open.
As the Trump administration continues its attempts to influence a wide array of higher education policies, from institutional neutrality to international enrollment, it’s also weighing in on a long-running debate among administrators and politicians alike: how to make college more affordable.
Trump’s much-talked-about compact—which so far no college has signed—would require institutions to freeze tuition for a minimum of five years. And while tuition freezes may sound like a slam dunk for students, they can have surprising consequences.
Before entering the pale yellow, two-story Colonial house on the campus of Gwynedd Mercy University, students must first don protective gear. Professors will then closely monitor students through a camera feed in the basement as they use clues scattered throughout the house to solve crimes.
Designed to mimic various crime scenarios, the school's Crime Scene House is a place for students to prepare for the workforce and gain practical skills beyond what they learn in a lecture hall. It's also one of the ways GMercyU uses experiential learning to improve retention and stand out in a highly competitive sector.
Florida is considering a move that would give people a closer look at what’s being taught in its public universities—another potential flashpoint as conservative-led states scrutinize higher education.
University leaders in Florida want schools to post what textbooks, instructional materials, and readings are required for most courses, similar to a policy recently adopted by Georgia colleges.
California's community college health care training programs deliver dramatically different economic outcomes depending on which path workers choose, with some credentials nearly doubling earnings while others provide minimal wage gains, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California.
The report shows that intensive programs resulting in associate degrees in registered nursing, dental hygiene, and certain allied health technologies can increase earnings significantly within six years of completion. However, shorter certificate programs for positions like nursing assistants and medical assistants show little to no wage improvement despite requiring substantial time and financial investments.
