Our Work

A model to advance quality and equity in education beyond high school

Federal policy must support widespread change that puts the needs of individuals and society first.

The latest research says what you know and can do should be what counts.

Lumina Strategy Labs supports state leaders with nonpartisan research, data, peer advice, and technical support.

Exemplary communities with the capacity to significantly increase its populations' degrees, certificates, or other credentials.

Film series by IHEP and Lumina Foundation documents the policy and the political origins of federal financial aid programs.

Scaling proven solutions that target equity and attainment.

Tuition assistance programs benefit employers, employees and communities.

Too many Americans are failing to graduate college. Why? In part, because our assumptions about them are wrong.

A toolkit with six tested strategies to help institutions strengthen their capacities to support low-income students challenged by limited resources.

A learning-centered framework for what college graduates should know and be able to do to earn the associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Lumina's paper series on tuition funding formulas that create incentives for on-time degree completion and year-over-year increases in the numbers of students of color and at-risk students who earn degrees and credentials.