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.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, colleges have seen a surge in enrollment leaders resigning out of exhaustion and disillusionment.
Angel B. Pérez is well aware of these frustrations. Pérez, who previously held senior-level enrollment positions at two private colleges, describes the hazards of the job in his new book, The Hottest Seat on Campus: A Roadmap for Mastering Leadership in College Admission. It’s a vivid series of snapshots of life inside the high-stakes field, with advice from the author and other current and former leaders who’ve toiled in a realm where the metrics of success or failure are publicly available and widely scrutinized.
Summer usually provides a respite for Connor Pavlicko from his duties as student body president at Slippery Rock University. However, classmates bombarded him this summer, demanding to know why their tuition was suddenly going up.
Students nationwide are facing increases in tuition this fall of as high as 10 percent, along with new fees and rising costs for dorms and dining. And as in Pennsylvania, it’s an abrupt change from a period during which something happened that most Americans probably didn’t notice: Tuition had actually been falling, when adjusted for inflation, after decades of outpacing the cost of almost everything else.
Higher education typically views mergers and acquisitions negatively. But there’s a growing sense that many colleges and universities could benefit by teaming up, especially as the fiscal cliff means fewer potential students.
In this interview, Walter Iwanenko Jr., the president of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, talks about how and why his institution sought a merger with Ursuline College near Cleveland. The conversation also includes expert insight on lessons learned from failed mergers, what’s stopping more from happening, and how to change the education industry's negative perception of mergers and acquisitions in general.
In the weeks following the murder of Charlie Kirk, the momentum for the Turning Point USA movement that the conservative activist started on college campuses more than a decade ago appears stronger than ever. Today, thousands of college students are seeking information on starting a new Turning Point USA chapter at their school or getting involved with one in the name of advancing civil discourse.
However, critics fear the group’s expansion will only exacerbate tensions on already fractured campuses.
Child care centers on community college campuses serve an important purpose, providing student parents a convenient and educational place to bring their kids so they can study and further their education. Many provide free or low-cost care through public funding to college students who qualify.
But even though Washington appears to be bucking long-term national trends with more centers on community college campuses than there were about 15 years ago, there aren’t nearly enough child care slots for the students who need them.
A sweeping federal law that fundamentally reshapes higher education accountability could fail to protect the very students it aims to serve without significant improvements, according to a new policy brief by The Education Trust.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on July 4, 2025, includes what EdTrust calls "one silver lining": a new accountability framework designed to ensure postsecondary programs deliver adequate earnings to justify student borrowing. But the organization also warns that the framework contains critical gaps that could allow predatory programs to continue operating with federal funding.
