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If millions of adults say they want more education or training, why aren’t more of them enrolling?

We live in a world where language is regularly weaponized for political, economic, or other purposes. One of the best examples of that in recent years has been the way in which critics of higher education have seized on the term “liberal arts” to confuse and distort what is behind the term.

This month’s episode, Dakota investigates the creation of the A Stronger Nation data tool, and talks with Tom Harnisch of SHEEO on states that are making exemplary progress on attainment and how current state leaders are contending with ROI and changes to the social safety net.

Workforce education has inspired plenty of enthusiasm lately, but enthusiasm can’t bridge foundational skills gaps.

What if the problem with higher education isn’t that students have lost faith in college?

Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, arrives at a moment of profound uncertainty about the future of human work and human purpose. The document is formally rooted in Catholic social teaching, but its central questions belong to everyone: What does it mean to live a meaningful life in an age of intelligent machines? What responsibilities do societies have to workers displaced by technology? And how do we ensure that innovation strengthens our magnificent humanity instead of diminishing it?

What if the programs designed to help people get by are also some of the most effective tools we have to help them get ahead? New research suggests that helping students meet basic needs can make a meaningful difference in enrollment, persistence, and completion.

The doom narrative is getting the shape of the problem wrong. Health, education and social services are hiring at close to normal levels. Tech-related fields feel the brunt of AI’s impact.

Pooled philanthropic fund awards $8 million to inaugural grantee organizations, with an additional $10 million committed to a forthcoming open call

As the postsecondary education landscape changes, it is critical that the field develop a common language through the creation of a typology that can be used to describe the admissions redesigns being adopted and the characteristics of each as the basis to better understand their impact.

The author, an expert in college pathways, shares the personal and complex experience of navigating the admissions process with her daughter, highlighting that despite strong academic credentials, the journey involved confusion, emotional challenges, and the importance of fit, community, and support systems.

Jessica Peveler is the facilities manager for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. Jessica oversees the maintenance, security, and operational performance of Lumina’s office spaces. She maintains the health and safety standards and regulatory requirements of our offices in […]

This study provides a comprehensive account of how the full portfolio of major public benefit programs and financial aid shapes educational decisions and long-term earnings, tracing effects for our cohort across nearly three decades, from young adulthood through approximately age 40.

The first time Eiziah Lieblein got a response to a college application, it came in a 9-by-12 envelope emblazoned with a black panther.

When students at Farrington High School attend the annual kuleana fair, an event whose name is the Hawaiian word for “responsibility,” they play a game that simulates the financial challenges they’re bound to face in life.

Direct admission programs help untangle the college application maze. In these stories, you’ll meet several students who are using direct admission as a new, more welcoming college pathway

Milana Waggoner was already questioning whether she wanted to attend college when educators at Corona High School instructed her and her classmates to apply through a pilot program that gives them a guaranteed spot at most California State University campuses.

Clever campaigns create awareness. But strong systems create results.

Four years after the debut of ChatGPT, the first class to have the powerful tool of generative AI throughout their entire college career will soon graduate. At the current pace of change, it’s worth asking: Are these students among the last to work with an all-human faculty?