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

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Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. We had to rethink how education creates opportunities. That goal is by 2040, 75% of working-age adults (25 to 64) in the U.S.

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

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When I first became a higher education professional, I remember being told that higher education was not a business. Now more than ever, I reflect on that perspective and ask if it is relevant to society’s emerging realities and today’s public perceptions and expectations for higher education.

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

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Recently, I have found myself studying this relationship to understand what has been occurring in higher education and what realities are on the horizon – and for me, this is all starting to make sense. Now, let’s apply these concepts to higher education. government sprang into action to save its higher education system.

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Industry and STEMM Leaders Convene for White House Summit

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must look to invest $15 billion in research infrastructure and capacity building at HBCUs, tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) by 2040 as well as double research funding to such schools by 2045. According to the strategy, the U.S.

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Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university

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Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2%