Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
The United States is edging toward 60 percent of working-age adults having college degrees or credentials with labor market value—a milestone set by Lumina Foundation and like-minded leaders 17 years ago to meet the growing economic needs of the nation and its people.
The movement that advanced this goal of educating more Americans won no widespread acclaim, yet it sparked a momentous mindset shift among state and college leaders. But the work is far from over—our collective efforts must continue to evolve until learning beyond high school prepares every graduate to thrive economically.
Every day inside this medium-security prison in Cranston, Rhode Island, more than a dozen inmates are learning how to speak the language of computers by becoming coders. They're hoping high demand for skills in web development and software design could lead to jobs that keep them out of prison for good.
The class, which meets five days a week, is unlike any other educational program offered in Rhode Island's prisons. For one, the students have laptops, which they get to take outside the classroom. Wayne Salisbury, director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, explains more in this interview.
While first-generation students are a growing population in higher education, they remain less likely to retain or complete a credential compared to their continuing-generation peers.
A new initiative at the University of South Carolina aims to empower first-generation learners through a new center that unites offices across campus and offers embedded academic and socioemotional support.
The majority of current and former foster youth report an interest in attending and graduating from college, but few do so. What does it take to help them get there?
Since its inception in 1998 at Cal State Fullerton, a program called Guardian Scholars has been working to answer this question with supports and resources that help build a pathway to and through college for students with foster care experience.
In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a program for underrepresented students, emphasizing “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities had to be abruptly canceled. Around the United States, colleges are assessing program names and titles that could run afoul of a Trump administration crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
As they figure out how to adapt, some schools are staying quiet out of uncertainty or fear. Others have vowed to stand firm.
It’s been difficult for "Carlos," a student at Sacramento State University, to concentrate on his studies since Donald Trump’s election win. News stories about Trump's immigration and deportation plans are a constant reminder of his undocumented status and risk of deportation under the new administration.
Many of California’s estimated 100,000 undocumented college students are grappling with the same concerns. In response, Dream centers on many campuses are stepping in to provide guidance and meet the skyrocketing demand for legal services from students.
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