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.
When the board of trustees at Marymount Manhattan College decided to merge with Northeastern University last year and become part of that Boston-based university’s global system, the vote was unanimous.
In this interview, one of Marymount Manhattan’s trustees, Abby Fiorella, offers a board member’s perspective on how mergers and acquisitions can be strategic wins for smaller institutions, as well as instrumental to protecting their core missions.
President Trump's battles over higher education have mostly focused on elite colleges and some public universities. But the president's policies are also creating challenges for some community colleges and could undermine their work to build more economic opportunities and help students secure in-demand jobs.
JB Buxton, president of Durham Technical Community College, and Gretchen Bellamy, a student there, explain how the Trump administration's actions are resulting in less effective pathways and support for people trying to improve their lives.
Efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education are moving ahead, with the Trump administration announcing plans to outsource dozens of department programs to other federal agencies. The move is prompting pushback, applause, and some cautious optimism.
Several higher education leaders say they care most about ensuring grant dollars reach the students and institutions Congress intended them for, not what agency they are housed under. But the question now is whether those students and institutions will still be able to count on the federal government for the money after the outsourcing takes effect.
After serving as the president of the University of Virginia for nearly seven years, James E. Ryan faced a crucial decision: he could either resign from his position, yield to political pressure, or risk provoking unrest within the university he cherished. For the then-58-year-old administrator, the choice was excruciating.
The story of Ryan’s resignation is laid out in a 12-page letter that Ryan released to the university’s Faculty Senate. His account sheds new light on a high-stakes showdown that had been unfolding for months between the University of Virginia and the Trump administration.
It’s an eventful moment in American higher education: The Trump administration is cracking down on colleges, artificial intelligence is ramping up, and a college education is losing its status as the presumptive choice of ambitious high school seniors.
Three university leaders—Sian Beilock, the president of Dartmouth; Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan; and Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison—offer insight on what’s happening now and what might be coming around the corner.
When La’Toya Cooper applied to Long Beach City College to pursue psychology, she didn’t know how she would balance her education with parenting two young children and working full time.
That changed when she discovered a new initiative from LBCC targeting adult learners: accelerated eight-week courses that cover the curriculum of typical 16-week courses in half the time.
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