Lumina Foundation is working to increase the share of adults in the U.S. labor force with college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity.
It’s a challenging moment for colleges and universities, as political mandates continue to target diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and debates over free speech and campus protests intensify. Faced with this new higher education landscape, what can higher leaders do to guide their campuses with both confidence and clarity?
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum has been thinking about that question for a long time. Tatum, a scholar, author, and national voice on race and education, shares what she calls an insider’s guide to leadership in higher education in this interview.
Race and higher education policy have always been entwined, from Jim Crow-era exclusion to the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and from the rise of tribal colleges to today’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions. What changes is whether the government chooses to widen doors or close them.
A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Justice not to defend the federal statute that defines Hispanic-Serving Institutions—followed by the U.S. Department of Education’s move to halt discretionary funding for several minority-serving-institution grant programs—isn’t just another policy fight. It’s an attempt to change what fairness means in higher education, contends Joseph Morales, a diversity officer at California State University at Chico, in this essay.
College students are willing to pay more than an additional $2,000 in tuition to attend a college where fewer students hold political beliefs that oppose their own, according to a new working paper analyzing how students’ political views impact college choice.
The study comes at a time when concerns about political polarization and Americans’ declining ability and willingness to engage in civil discourse—especially on college campuses—are particularly high.
A new documentary, Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs, is now airing nationwide on more than 300 PBS member stations and online throughout the country.
The documentary examines the experiences of students at the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their reasons for choosing their HBCU. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF, and Felecia Commodore of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provide context on the history of HBCUs, the funding challenges they face, and the changing landscape of enrollment.
As president, Donald Trump has leveraged the power of the federal government to threaten funding and restrict foreign student status, demanding an unprecedented role in university admissions, curriculum, and operations. In many instances, Trump’s efforts involve curbing what he calls a “woke” agenda, with his steps aimed at reversing diversity, equity, and inclusion policies that he says unfairly benefit some students over others.
Here's a look at the key areas of Trump’s agenda and some of the noteworthy moves he has made when it comes to higher education.
While it may be assumed that recent college graduates aren’t ready to take on the AI-burdened job market, the ones prepping them for the workforce feel otherwise. Nearly nine in 10 educators believe their students are prepared to enter the workforce, but students disagree, according to this report from Cengage Group.
The findings come as employers are hiring fewer entry-level workers and reporting frustration with recent grads’ lack of workplace readiness. Students, meanwhile, blame inadequate career prep, limited internships, and poor real-world exposure during college.
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