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.
In an ideal world, every student would be able to pursue higher education based on their talents and aspirations and not be held back by financial barriers. But for disabled students, the reality is far more complicated. Disability-related costs too often lurk beneath the surface of tuition bills and aid packages, shaping college decisions in profound but hidden ways.
With the policy storm gathering, institutions must lead urgently and boldly by transforming financial aid systems to meet the lived realities of disabled students in ways that are inclusive, nuanced, and just, write four professors and experts in this commentary on disability in higher education.
The unprecedented drive for control over American universities by the Trump administration has upended schools across the country, pushing or outright forcing vast and wide changes to the rules, culture, and finances of higher education.
While some of the shifts could unravel if political agendas reverse—and some of the cuts are still being litigated in court—university leaders are concluding that many of the changes made so far to research, diversity, and campus culture are likely to last long after President Donald Trump leaves office.
College presidents have a lot on their plates this year. They’re grappling with the public questioning the value of college, conservative attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and new laws that will reshape the federal lending system.
Higher education experts discussed all of these issues and more last week at the Council of Independent Colleges’ Presidents Institute, an annual gathering that brings together hundreds of leaders of private nonprofit colleges.
In addition to the substantial financial benefits college graduates experience, colleges and universities are critical for growing and strengthening the U.S. economy. The discoveries made by faculty and researchers in laboratories lead to new products, businesses, and ideas that drive growth and support the country’s financial health.
In this interview, Amy Lieberman, education editor at The Conversation U.S., discusses the benefits of going to college—and how schools can better demonstrate their enduring value.
Specialized mannequins that aspiring nurses use to practice life-saving interventions can run up to half a million dollars each. The cost of materials and tools used to train welders is skyrocketing.
Yet community colleges and small rural colleges in Colorado that sustain those critical fields are often the most underfunded institutions, and they’re serving some of the neediest populations. The situation has gotten worse as the state budget shrinks and millions of dollars in awarded federal grants disappear.
Martin Peterson, a Texas A&M University philosophy professor, was presented last week with a choice straight out of a dystopian novel. To bring his class in line with a prohibition on course materials that “advocate race or gender ideology,” he could either censor the part of his course that included readings from Plato or he could teach a different class.
The case illustrates the extent to which campus censorship has run amok in Texas: If some of Plato’s texts can’t be taught in a college philosophy course, what, exactly, can be taught?
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