Despite skills-based hiring shifts and the rise of AI, employers still value college degrees. For years, the future of work ...

The HEA Reauthorization of 1986 added provisions prohibiting students in default under GSL from receiving new federal loans. It also gave the Department of Education more power to regulate student ...

Jamie Merisotis, an international leader in higher education, human work, philanthropy, and public policy, has been Lumina’s president and CEO since 2008. Share on Linked In Share on Facebook Wherever ...

The way policymakers define college affordability differs from how students and families actually experience it. Policy tends to factor in only the tuition price. But a scholarship that covers tuition ...

MILLERSVILLE, Pa.—The kale Caesar salad is a hit at The Pressroom in nearby Lancaster. Daniel Castellanos, a prep cook at the restaurant, says the secret’s in the dressing. He describes it, speaking ...

Frank Swanzy Essien Jr., Ph.D. served as a Lumina research strategy officer from 2016 to 2025. In his time at the foundation, Essien synthesized existing research and commissioned new research on ...

Jamaal Abdul-Alim, also known as Professor J, is a veteran journalist whose articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Washington Monthly and Education Week, to name a few. He broke into the news ...

We fund editorially independent news coverage to heighten public awareness and understanding of how colleges and universities must evolve to better serve today’s college students. At Lumina, we work ...

Almost a third of college undergraduates are first-generation students, but only 27 percent of these students graduate within four years. The obstacles they face affect nearly every aspect of their ...

Jamie Merisotis, an international leader in higher education, human work, philanthropy, and public policy, has been Lumina’s president and CEO since 2008. Share on Linked In Share on Facebook At a ...

Back An analysis of health insurer Cigna’s Education Reimbursement Program (ERP) shows every dollar the company puts into the program is returned and generates an additional $1.29 in savings—a 129% ...

Suzette Brewer is a journalist specializing in federal Indian law and social justice, with a focus on issues affecting Native women and children. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, National ...