We live in a world where language is regularly weaponized for political, economic, or other purposes. One of the best examples of that in recent years has been the way in which critics of higher educa...

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical reminds us that a future in which millions of people feel economically unnecessary is a civic, cultural, and spiritual crisis.

The degree makes you more resilient when industries shift, more likely to get promoted and more able to move across sectors when you need to.

Pooled philanthropic fund awards $8 million to inaugural grantee organizations, with an additional $10 million committed to a forthcoming open call

Our report finds that achieving at least a 70 percent attainment rate across all demographic groups would require historic public investment and would result in $4.4 trillion in net monetary gains for...

The author, an expert in college pathways, shares the personal and complex experience of navigating the admissions process with her daughter, highlighting that despite strong academic credentials, the...

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Short-term credentials move beyond the “Wild West” as states step up investment. Also, the National Skills Coalition seeks a bold workforce policy agenda, and essays on why workforce infrastructure is...

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

The Ditchley Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce DCMG as Chair of its Council of Management as of 1 January…

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States need to help people complete credentials that pay off—in wages, career mobility, and community vitality.

The announcement today of Humanity AI marks one of the most ambitious philanthropic responses yet to the disruptive rise of artificial intelligence. Backed by an initial $500 million in commitments, t...

The Lumina Foundation threw virtually all its resources at changing one metric. Now, with its holy grail in sight, it’s making the goal even harder to reach.

Florida's universities are in the top tier of the Washington Monthly’s rankings thanks to strong public governance.

Something strange is happening in America: confidence in higher education is creeping back up. And not just among the usual suspects. Republicans, independents, people with and without degrees, Black ...

Twelve states will identify and support training policies that deliver real economic value for taxpayers and individuals.

Trump's cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in small towns across America.

Explore AI's impact on work and education with Jamie Merisotis on the Getting Smart Podcast. Understand how credentialing drives economic prosperity.

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College costs have been a problem for decades. To fix the complex issue of college affordability, higher education leaders need to fundamentally rethink the system.

Postsecondary education can play a critical role in protecting democratic republics against the threat of authoritarianism.

Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist

Colleges around the country, in the face of legal and political backlash to their diversity programs, are pivoting to an alternative framework known as pluralism, Emma Green reports.

Work in Progress: Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis discusses how a postsecondary degree or credential of value can lead to a good career.

Its aim is that by 2040, 75 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force will have college degrees or other valuable credentials.

Seventeen years ago, Lumina Foundation set an ambitious goal: By 2025, 60 percent of working-age adults in the United States would have a degree, certificate, or industry-recognized certification. At ...

We disagree so much in this country that it’s heartening to find an idea that nearly everybody supports—at least generally.

Today, nearly 55 percent of working-age adults in the United States hold a degree or credential beyond high school—a milestone highlighted in the most recent 2023 data from A Stronger Nation, Lumina F...

Gen Z students want educational options that are affordable, economically valuable, and flexible. Here's how higher ed can support their ambitions.

BPC’s Commission on the American Workforce is a bold initiative that will meet throughout 2025 and develop a national, bipartisan strategy to strengthen the…

Higher education has an opportunity to use this moment of extreme stress to pursue genuine, urgently-needed systemic change.

Some HBCUs are seeing record enrollment growth while the rest of higher education contends with low head counts.

The Southern Education Foundation’s forthcoming report, Miles to Go: The State of Black Education in America, will present an overview of education data on Black students in the United States, includi...