Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

That goal is by 2040, 75% of working-age adults (25 to 64) in the U.S. labor force will have college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity. Dr. Courtney Brown To reach the 2040 goal, Lumina is prioritizing four key areas: credentials of value, access, student success and redesign.

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JULY 8, 2024

Census Bureau, by 2040, the number of Americans age 65 and older is projected to more than double, reaching 80 million. I believe the answer lies in institutions' willingness to make the necessary changes to ensure the relevance of their institutional mission and student experiences to remain relevant in today’s marketplace.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Broadly speaking, rather than institutions proactively addressing this “cost of attendance inflation” by reducing their operational costs, the financial livelihoods of students were placed on the back burner, and campus expenses increased while students racked up loans to the tune of $1.727 trillion in total as of the first quarter of 2024.

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