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Lumina Creates Task Force to Address Inequity Issues at Post-Secondary Institutions

by Sarah Wood | September 10, 2019 The Lumina Foundation, a national college access organization, has created a task force to high Read more

New Bennett President Suzanne Walsh Optimistic Amid Crisis

by B. Denise Hawkins | August 8, 2019
Bennett College, one of only two remaining historically Black colleges for women, has been here [...] Read more

Moving Fast, Bennett College Taps New President

by LaMont Jones | June 27, 2019
Bennett College trustees, less than a week after announcing the sudden departure of president D [...] Read more

Lumina Foundation Grant Aimed at Strengthening Student Success

by Monica Levitan | December 19, 2018
The Lumina Foundation has made a grant to Workcred, an associate of the American National Stand [...] Read more

Lake Tahoe Community College Offers Nation’s First Bi-State Promise Program

by Tiffany Pennamon | October 31, 2018
Nevada Tahoe Basin residents now have the chance to attend Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) [...] Read more

Recent Graduates Lack Soft Skills, New Study Reports

by Sarah Wood | August 3, 2018
A recent study revealed that four in 10 corporations and almost half of academic institutions b [...] Read more

Education Leaders: Work Needed to Improve Degree Attainment Outcomes

by Tiffany Pennamon | June 18, 2018
Identifying and replicating practices and policies that lead to improved rates of attaining col [...] Read more

“Achieving the Dream’ ID’s Student Issues

by Jamal Watson | February 21, 2018
NASHVILLE — Advancing equity, strengthening advising and improving pedagogy and curriculum we [...] Read more

New Initiative Seeks to Unite Native-Serving Institutions

by Joseph Hong | January 18, 2018
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, or WICHE, has launched a new collaborat [...] Read more

Lumina Foundation to Award $2.5 Million in Grants for “Addressing Hate”

by Tiffany Pennamon | December 5, 2017
Violence and racial chaos in Charlottesville earlier this year sparked a call to action for one [...] Read more

New Report Offers Best Financial Practices for Colleges’ Roles in Student Success

by Tiffany Pennamon | November 12, 2017
College affordability and a clear understanding of financial aid are among the biggest challeng [...] Read more

NASFAA Offers Guidance to Displaced College Students

by Monica Levitan | June 5, 2017
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has developed a website to ben [...] Read more

Accrediting Group Sees 2017 as Year of Governance

by Reginald Stuart | March 23, 2017
At a time when the roles and functions of college governing boards are being increasingly debat [...] Read more

Achieving the Dream Promotes 7 Principles to Help Students Succeed

by Jamal Eric Watson | February 22, 2017
Several thousand educators from nearly 265 community colleges throughout the nation are meeting [...] Read more

Lumina Foundation Awards $716,700 Grant to Morgan State

by Jamal Eric Watson | January 19, 2017
In an effort to bolster retention and increase graduation rates at Black colleges, the Lumina F [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice