Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
In the 2010s, many people who wanted a faster, cheaper on-ramp into a well-paying career increasingly turned to coding boot camps instead of traditional college degrees. Despite allegations that some of the for-profit companies running boot camps misled students about curricula and job-placement rates, thousands of students flocked to the programs.
But now, public enthusiasm has seemingly cooled, and many prominent boot camp providers are closing shop.
More than a third of faculty members feel like they have less academic freedom than they did six or seven years ago, according to a report released last week by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
The study comes at a time when more states are passing laws that take aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Recent protests on college campuses have also tested the limits of what speech and activism are protected under the principles of academic freedom.
Lawmakers are beginning to return to their statehouses as new legislative sessions kick off across the nation. And, as in prior years, higher education is proving to be high on the agenda in several states.
Legislators are pre-filing bills and announcing their priorities, and while perennial favorites such as bills limiting tenure and defunding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are still likely to be introduced, the action appears to be shifting to broader curricular and governance issues.
President-elect Donald Trump's higher education and foreign policies could reshape who attends college in America. This is especially the case at institutions with global student bodies or schools where admissions are competitive. That includes Boston University.
In this interview, Boston University's president discusses what the incoming administration means for her school.
Sean Karaman, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hadn’t always paid close attention to his credit card spending. But after taking a personal finance course on campus last fall, his spending habits have dramatically changed.
More than two-thirds of states require high school students to take a personal finance class before graduation, according to the Council for Economic Education. Now, personal finance courses, offered mostly as electives, are sprouting up at public and private colleges nationwide and getting a boost from a new initiative by Stanford University.
Victories are often few and far between for those in prison, with incarcerated individuals struggling to find self-worth and a purpose in life.
The Inside-Out Prison Exchange program is working to change those perspectives, creating an enthusiasm for learning and encouraging participants to find their unique voice.
