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Not having enough food can make it harder to stay in college and finish a degree. Surveys of participating colleges suggest that roughly four in ten students experience food insecurity.

Alabama is working to make the skills people gain in school, on the job, and through military service count toward better career opportunities.

Direct admissions can make college easier to enter, but an early offer helps most when students also face fewer application steps and costs.

Direct admissions can help students discover colleges they had overlooked and feel more confident that their college plans are within reach.

A direct admissions offer can open a door to college only if students notice it, understand it, and know what to do next.

Texas students in P-TECH programs were more likely than classmates outside the programs to finish high school, enroll in college, and earn a college credential.

A discussion on steering AI development in a direction that embraces humanity to build an economy that values people and those things that make us uniquely human.

Campus conversations can give a misleading picture of what students believe when those with moderate views are less willing to speak up.

Wherever I go, everyone asks a version of this question: Do people still need to go to college when artificial intelligence seems able to do more and more of our jobs? I get why this keeps coming up. The scary-fast advancement of AI has whipped up a frenzy of uncertainty over how AI will replace […]

The way policymakers define college affordability differs from how students and families actually experience it.

The chief financial officer oversees the foundation’s investments, finance and accounting, and impact investment functions to uphold the highest standards of integrity and deliver optimal results in advancing the foundation’s mission.

Getting into college is only the beginning: Students also need the academic guidance, financial stability, and everyday support that make finishing possible.

Despite skills-based hiring shifts and the rise of AI, employers still value college degrees. For years, the future of work has seemed to be pointing away from the college degree. Companies have dropped degree requirements from job postings. States and employers have embraced skills-based hiring. Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape entry-level work. And recent […]

A three-year bachelor’s degree should offer a shorter path to a full education, not simply remove a year’s worth of learning.

Washington Monthly’s rankings look beyond prestige to ask which colleges serve students well, keep costs manageable, and create opportunity.

They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness

This Lumina Foundation profile looks at Illinois’ effort to connect short-term credentials with anti-poverty strategy, workforce development, and economic mobility.

This Lumina Foundation profile examines North Carolina’s work to make short-term credentials a stronger part of the state’s education-to-workforce strategy.

Personal coaching can help students turn educational goals into manageable steps while giving colleges a clearer view of the obstacles that interrupt progress.

Kim Williams manages Lumina’s employee benefits and retirement programs.