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Oregon to help more students of color with $689,000 from Lumina

Oregon joins Colorado and Tennessee in receiving a Lumina Foundation grant to carry out its commitment to educating more students of color.

Defining and delivering on quality in higher education

Quality in postsecondary education, a growing concern for students and families, is getting a fresh look on several fronts, including in discussions around a proposed overhaul of the Higher Education Act and in several state-level discussions.

Prison education is about more than keeping offenders from returning

We know what happens to students who earn a postsecondary credential. Why should the metrics and outcomes be any different for people who earn them while incarcerated?

Addressing hate – Lumina’s response

To aid campuses and communities experiencing racial unrest and uncertainty, Lumina will support education and outreach that promote understanding, tolerance, and healing.

Taking the gap year after high school as a paid service year

Lumina's Holly Zanville collaborated with Jenna Dell from Service Year Alliance to create this overview of important issues related to devoting a paid service year after high school.

New initiative will help states address post-high school outcomes among students of color, boost people with education after high school

Lumina to award Talent, Innovation, Equity grants to states with favorable education policy environments that firmly commit to closing equity gaps.

Research program puts freshmen in the field, literally

First-year Adams State University student Natrielle Shorty, clad in a pair of hip-length rubber waders, swayed in the rapids of North Crestone Creek, fighting to keep her balance—and her dignity.

Access2Excellence effort signals a seismic shift at this school in the Southwest

Northern Arizona University is attracting record enrollments with new policies that improve access and affordability—including strong partnerships with community colleges and free tuition for Native Americans.

Recommendations for a Fully Funded and Transformed Workforce Development System

In an ever-evolving economy, where the skills needed to drive growth are continually changing, workers and employers alike need well-funded, agile, equitable, easily navigable, and effective skills development systems.

Two Pandemics: Racial Disparities in Basic Needs Insecurity Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Higher education is essential for creating a more equitable, prosperous, civic-minded, and healthy society. Yet, wide disparities remain when it comes to access and success in higher education based on race and ethnicity. Racist policies and structural barriers mean that not all students have equal opportunities to attain an education and succeed in college. These disparities were further magnified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous and Latine Americans were more likely to get sick with COVID-19, and Black, Latine, and Asian women were more likely to lose work. Meanwhile, college enrollment has decreased precipitously among Black and Native American men.

The report concludes with a list of recommendations of what colleges, governments, and community leaders can do to ensure a more equitable recovery. Those suggestions include making federal emergency aid permanent, expanding

funding at institutions that serve mostly minoritized students, and creating a federal-state partnership to help provide more sufficient funding for public colleges.