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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That goal is by 2040, 75% of working-age adults (25 to 64) in the U.S. Dr. Courtney Brown To reach the 2040 goal, Lumina is prioritizing four key areas: credentials of value, access, student success and redesign. Were constantly thinking about that because we dont want to waste students time.

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National Leaders Spotlight HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students and account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers. Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families.

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UNCF Spotlights HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students. Many HBCU students are first-generation college students and many are Pell Grant recipients from low income families. They account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers.

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May May Be Over, But Mental Health Challenges on Campus are Far from It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now we’re in June, and the conversation begins to fade—while students' struggles do not. Mental health is essential to student well-being and must be central to the work of educators, advocates, and policy leaders throughout the year. And among young people with depression, more than 60 percent are not receiving the help they need.

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May Maybe Over, But Mental Health Challenges on Campus are Far from It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now were in June, and the conversation begins to fadewhile students' struggles do not. Mental health is essential to student well-being and must be central to the work of educators, advocates, and policy leaders throughout the year. They are students. Todays college students face immense challenges.

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Higher Education is Indeed a Business, the Business of Student Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Another College Just Closed Its Doors. What That Means for Your Institution and the Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.