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- A Benchmark for Making College AffordableLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2017-10-31)College affordability. Two simple words; two critically important, yet distressingly hollow words. Policymakers, college administrators, and student advocates all use this term, but no one seems to precisely define what it means or what achieving it would look like. Without a clear definition, it’s hard to measure progress toward this goal. The report describe benchmarks for making college affordable.
- Beyond Financial Aid: How colleges can strengthen the financial stability of low-income students and improve student outcomesLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2018-05-16)BFA is a compendium of best practices for assisting low-income students. It highlights good work that has been underway for years but has not always been implemented at scale, especially within institutions that enroll significant numbers of low-income students. This report offers leaders five concrete strategies they can use in two ways to increase student success. First, it can help determine how, and how well, their institutions are serving low-income students; second, it can help them devise and implement plans to improve, expand and better coordinate services for greater impact.
- Celebrating TCU SuccessesAmerican Indian Higher Education Consortium; Association of Community College Trustees; Lumina Foundation (American Indian Higher Education Consortium, 2019)Included in Celebrating Tribal College and Universities (TCU)' Successes are articles and personal stories demonstrating the progress. There are analyses from the detailed student cohort “data reviews” in addition to “progress checks” by the TCUs conducted at the GISS institutes for the past few years. Results of these processes provide both qualitative and quantitative information about TCU progress in promoting and affecting student success at their colleges.
- Coalition-Building Efforts and a Race-Conscious Postsecondary Agenda: Lessons from TIE StatesLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-05-22)This report is based on research examining the implementation of the Talent, Innovation, and Equity (TIE) in Tennessee and Colorado conducted from date to date. The third in a series of reports, RFA’s analysis draws from data collected from equity advocates, community leaders, and other stakeholders that partnered or engaged with state agencies of higher education in coalition-building efforts. RFA completed a thorough review of TIE-related documents from state higher education agencies, conducted interviews with coalition stakeholders, and observed two coalition meetings regarding the administration of the TIE grant.
- Equity Policy Academy: Prioritizing EquityLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2018-03-06)This report presents the story of states’ efforts to promote an equity agenda for higher education, featuring the 2015 Equity Policy Academy— which focused on improving educational equity for students from historically underserved groups—as a turning point. Based primarily on interviews with Lumina Foundation staff and key state leaders from the five states that participated in the Academy—Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Vermont, and Virginia—this story is designed to highlight the unique path each state took to prioritize equity in postsecondary attainment, and inspire ideas for leaders in other states.
- Federal Policy PrioritiesLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2019-03-05)Federal policy should create a system that embraces students of color, adults, students from low-income households, and students who are the first in their families to attend college. To achieve this vision, federal policy must look beyond efforts that merely increase college enrollment. Student success must be an equal objective, and without compromising quality. This report raises federal policy recommendations in several realms to eliminate disparities in education outcomes across racial and ethnic groups.
- Focus Magazine, Fall 2018: Student Aid ... RemadeLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2018-09-19)Many colleges and universities are providing a support network that meets students’ individual, real-life needs, and doing it well. This report takes a few of those committed campuses aligning with the principles laid out in Beyond Financial Aid, a recently updated report that serves as a blueprint for institutions and systems dedicated to ensuring the success of students from low-income families.
- Form and Formula: How the Federal Government Distributes Aid to Students (Viewing Guide)Lumina Foundation; Institute for Higher Education Policy (The Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2015-11-01)This report explains the history of need analysis – the method used to determine the amount of federal aid a student receives – and the method of collecting financial data from students and families. The system of determining need began with colleges and universities each establishing how best to distribute institutional aid while using their own forms to collect data, and evolved to the creation of a robust, national form and formula regulated by the federal government. This 15-minute film closely follows this evolution by documenting the passage of several seminal pieces of higher education legislation and following the diverse efforts of institutions, associations, and policymakers in determining the best form and formula to use when providing students and their families with federal money for college. To complement the film, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has developed a viewing guide that provides a historical look at the distribution mechanisms for financial aid.
- A Framework to Address Racial Equity in Postsecondary State Policy and PracticeLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-05-26)To support state efforts to close postsecondary attainment equity gaps for students of color, RFA has developed a framework that describes three drivers behind efforts to place racial equity at the center of postsecondary policymaking and practice: awareness, inclusion, and integration. The framework is adapted from Equity in the Center’s Race Equity Cycle 1 and is informed by Research for Action’s examination of the three states in the Lumina Foundation’s first TIE cohort – Colorado, Tennessee, and Oregon.
- The Future of Work Demands High-Quality Education Beyond High SchoolLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-02-01)Economists, policymakers and other experts spend a great deal of time talking about the “future of work,” but in many ways, the future is already here. Profound changes are already affecting our workforce and economy, including globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence. In this regard, this report points out the future of work demands high-quality education beyond high school.
- How Did We Get Here? Growth of Federal Student LoansThe Institute for Higher Education Policy; Lumina Foundation (The Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2015-12-01)This report follows the expansion of the federal student loan program throughout the years, from its origins in helping middle-income students afford a college education to an eventual rise in student loan borrowing. This 15-minute film chronicles the rise in loan volume, the impact of budgetary and accountability factors on the loan program, and the development of repayment options that provide tools for students to manage loan debt. To complement the film, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has developed a viewing guide that provides a historical look at federal loans.
- Lumina’s Commitment to Educational QualityLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-01-01)The country’s structures for assuring the quality of college degrees and other credentials awarded after high school no longer meet the needs of today’s students, society, or the economy. Policies and practices must be updated to ensure that the learning represented by all degrees, certificates, industry certifications, and other credentials will indeed help people lead fulfilling lives and obtain and succeed in better jobs, while also building a stronger American society and economy. This report points out some recommendations to achieve better quality in higher education.
- Lumina’s Commitment to Racial EquityLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-01-01)A lack of access to high-quality learning opportunities after high school with adequate academic, financial, and social supports has denied Black, Hispanic, and Native American people opportunities to advance economically and to fully participate in society. Racial disparities in the United States are widening, and without concerted efforts, inequity will only continue to grow. This report points out some recommendations to mediate equity in higher education.
- Redefining College Affordability: Securing America’s Future with a Free Two Year College OptionLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2014-04-01)For almost fifty years, the federal government has tried to make the American Dream universally accessible by using need-based financial aid to lower the price of attending college. Talented students are forgoing college because of the costs, students who start college are unable to complete because they cannot afford to continue, and even students who finish degrees may not realize all of the expected returns because of sizable debt burdens. This report argues that it is time for the federal government to partner with states, public colleges and universities, and localities and businesses to offer two years of college for free. This report outlines a Free Two Year College Option (F2CO) that can be funded with existing resources, developed to overcome the problems in previous efforts to make college more affordable, and designed to ensure that wider access occurs without reductions in educational quality.
- The Role of Institutions in Advancing Racial Equity in Postsecondary AttainmentLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2020-05-27)This report focuses on how postsecondary institutions engaged with Talent, Innovation, and Equity (TIE). Specifically, the report describes how policymakers from Tennessee and Colorado’s state higher education agencies awarded subgrants to institutions and takes a closer look at how these institutions responded to the TIE initiative. The report builds upon RFA’s first report, Advancing Racial Equity in Higher Education Attainment, which offers a framework to guide the analysis of race-conscious state-level postsecondary policy and explores the factors that affect the capacity of state higher education agencies to advance racial equity. A third report describes how the TIE initiative’s role in efforts to convene a statewide coalition.
- Some College and No DegreeLumina Foundation; Strada Education Network; Gallup (Lumina Foundation, 2019-12-17)Over the past 20 years, more than 31 million students have enrolled in college and left without receiving a degree or certificate. Re-enrolling this “some college, no degree” population is at the center of many states’ plans for boosting the educational attainment of their population.
- Statewide Educational Attainment Goals: A Story of Two StatesLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2018-03-06)This report presents the story of two states, Arizona and New Hampshire, and their efforts to set ambitious goals for increasing educational attainment among their residents. Based primarily on interviews with key state leaders, these stories highlight the unique path each state took to prioritize its goals for postsecondary attainment and are designed to inspire ideas for leaders in other states.
- Stronger Nation 2016Lumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2016)The need to increase postsecondary attainment — the number of Americans who hold degrees and other high-quality credentials — has never been clearer. State leaders are responding to the growing global demand for talent by setting goals and enacting policies to increase attainment. States have come to understand the scope of the effort required. Much is left to be done, but real progress is being made through the efforts of those who are committed to assuring that millions more Americans benefit from postsecondary education. This report provides attainment rates (associate degree and higher), tendencies and comparisons in South Dakota State.
- A Stronger Nation, Learning Beyond High School Builds American TalentLumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2019)The need for universal post-high school education is rooted in the global shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy. The vast majority of jobs being created require education beyond high school, and that trend shows no sign of abating. Unfortunately, fewer than half of Americans ages 25-64 hold a credential beyond high school. Still, there is cause for optimism because many of those who lack credentials do hold some college credit or have skills that should be recognized. This report tracks progress in degree attainment at several levels – nationally, in metropolitan areas, in all 50 states, and down to the county level. It also contains national data and state-specific estimates that show attainment of high-quality postsecondary certificates.
- A Stronger Nation, Learning Beyond High School Builds American Talent: Alabama' s Report 2019Lumina Foundation (Lumina Foundation, 2019)The need for universal post-high school education is rooted in the global shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy. The vast majority of jobs being created require education beyond high school, and that trend shows no sign of abating. Unfortunately, fewer than half of Americans ages 25-64 hold a credential beyond high school. Still, there is cause for optimism because many of those who lack credentials do hold some college credit or have skills that should be recognized. This report tracks Alabama' s progress in terms of educational attainment.