Two Lumina Foundation leaders take up Vivek Murthy’s call to expand counseling services and address loneliness among college students.
To see what drives change and success in a community, look at the educational institutions there.
Merisotis talks with the Rethink team about his life before joining Lumina, Lumina’s strategies for expanding higher ed access, how Lumina thinks about equity, and more.
Biden’s student loan forgiveness, while welcome, barely scratches the surface of what’s needed to address higher education affordability and access, Jamie Merisotis writes.
Are colleges stuck in the past and no longer beneficial for those seeking a good living? According to a recent survey, yes. Institutions of higher education must focus on outcomes, and parental concerns.
Watch the live event at 10 a.m. EDT, Saturday, May 21. The commencement speaker will be Jamie P. Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation. Merisotis will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters from the college during the ceremony.
We know that artificial intelligence will replace repetitive jobs. But in most cases, new technology will help us create more jobs that only humans can do. And those jobs overwhelmingly go to people with a degree, certificate, industry-recognized certification, or similar credential.
Higher education has met some critical challenges during the wrenching two years of the pandemic but still must do better at making education affordable and helping students complete their degrees.
Expect expansive coverage of the U.N. climate conference (COP26) in the coming days, even though the real news is decades old. The reality of global climate change is all around us, yet many national governments and big polluters lack the courage, the will—sometimes even the desire—to curb greenhouse emissions. Colleges and universities have an essential role to play in helping us reverse course.
