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It’s time to transform college admissions from gatekeeper to gateway. Lumina is catalyzing a national admissions redesign movement by supporting projects focused on making processes simpler, streamlined, and more accessible.

Through its Great Admissions Redesign initiative, Lumina today announced over $3.5 million in grants to 10 states, systems, and institutions that are leading a national shift to make admissions simpler, more proactive, and student-centered.

We believe there’s a better way for students to navigate to college. A way where students see their next move clearly, the route ahead is straightforward, and where stress and uncertainty are replaced with excitement—even joy.

Earlier this month, I was at the airport on my way to a meeting on artificial intelligence in higher ed when I noticed an ad for another AI conference. Headlines about AI dominate my phone notifications. I flip on the TV, and there’s more news coverage about what the technology means for our future, our jobs, our lives.

James “Jim” Bullard is dean of the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University, a position he assumed in August 2023. He also serves as special advisor to Purdue President Mung Chiang and as a Distinguished Professor of Service in the business school’s economics department.

Bridget M. McCormack is president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution, a global provider of alternative dispute resolution services.

Artificial intelligence has become a routine part of college life, even as many institutions struggle to set clear rules for its use. New research from Lumina Foundation and Gallup finds that a majority of college students now use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini for their coursework at least weekly, including many students at schools that discourage or prohibit their use.

Across Lumina’s State Attainment Collaborative (SAC) cohort, states are making significant progress in engaging stakeholders to advance value-centered attainment goals.

Higher education continues to play a central role in hiring decisions. However, employers report growing challenges in finding candidates with the right skills and preparing recent graduates for immediate effectiveness. The 2026 Gallup survey of 2,000 U.S. employers from Lumina Foundation and Gallup examines how employers view the state of higher education and the talent pipeline it produces.

For a decade, we’ve heard that the college degree is fading. Employers are dropping requirements. Skills matter more than credentials. The four-year diploma is an outdated filter in a world of AI and rapid disruption.

It’s hard to know what to think about artificial intelligence these days. The pendulum swings wildly, with some people warning of a robotic surveillance state while others dismiss the trend as overblown hype.

High-impact practices have long been part of higher education for years. Yet too often, they are treated as optional experiences available to only some students. A new generation of colleges and universities is working to change that by embedding career-connected learning directly into the fabric of the undergraduate experience so that every student can connect their education to meaningful work.

Lumina Foundation announces the selection of 16 colleges and universities from across the United States to participate in From Campus to Career, a national initiative designed to scale career-connected high-impact practices (HIPs) and strengthen workforce outcomes for students.

When Lumina Foundation launched the FutureReady States initiative in 2025, we went in with more questions than answers.

A snapshot of Black student enrollment and outcomes at for-profit colleges paired with the perspectives of Black alumni of for-profit undergraduate and graduate programs

This report synthesizes landscape assessments from 12 states participating in Lumina Foundation’s FutureReady States (FRS) initiative.

See the enrollment outcomes at more than 3,000 institutions in 2024, the first year affected by the Supreme Court’s elimination of race-conscious admissions compared to 2018 and 2019. Enrollment data are drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

This document details the methodology for counting certificates and certifications that are used for reporting beginning in 2024 (applies to 2023 data and forward). Certifications rates are developed using the CPS but directly align with how degrees are evaluated under Lumina Foundation’s revised goal. Certificate rates are developed through a multi-step process that estimates the […]

What Matters is the State Population Holding Credentials that Lead to Economic Opportunity

PPTX to accompany the State Attainment Collaborative Webinar