Lumina Foundation is working to increase the share of adults in the U.S. labor force with college degrees or other credentials of value leading to economic prosperity.
Students at the University of Texas at Dallas looking for print editions of The Retrograde might find themselves going on a scavenger hunt. The administration granted the newly established independent student newspaper four newsstands on campus. By contrast, The Mercury, the university-supported newspaper, was allowed 36 locations.
The controversy in Dallas is one example of mounting challenges student journalists face nationwide, from censorship to administrative stonewalling to the elimination of print editions.
For more than a century, the “Admissions Office” has been the primary engine of the American university. It is the gatekeeper, the brand-builder, and the Chief Revenue Officer all rolled into one. Every spring, the national conversation fixates on acceptance rates and the frantic “yield” of 18-year-olds.
But as we move through 2026, that engine is stalling.
Despite frequent headlines touting political bias in higher education and complaints that conservative-leaning students—and their opinions—are not welcome in today's classrooms, a new survey from Gallup and Lumina Foundation finds that up to three-quarters of college students of all political leanings say their professors encourage them to share their views. Another key survey takeaway: Roughly nine in 10 college students are confident that their coursework is teaching them career-relevant skills and that their degree will help them secure a job after graduation.
In this interview, Lumina's Courtney Brown shares more about the widening gap between Americans’ concerns about colleges and universities and the experiences reported by students.
Sian L. Beilock seems to be everywhere. You’ll find Dartmouth College’s president in the pages of The Atlantic, sharing her plan for “Saving the Idea of the University.” She's also in The Wall Street Journal, asking whether a four-year degree is worth it.
Beilock embodies a new type of college president who is unafraid to criticize her sector. Higher education, in her formulation, has lost its way by becoming too expensive and too political. She also believes it shoulders much of the blame for retribution from the partisan right and flagging confidence in colleges and the value of the credentials they provide.
It’s March Madness, a prime time for college sports—and for sports betting. Some two-thirds of college students now bet on sports, and the meteoric rise in popularity brings a mix of tough challenges for campus leaders.
In this interview, two officials from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Clint Hangebrauck and Mark Hicks, discuss why a rise in student gambling could become “the next big public health crisis” for today's college campuses.
President Donald Trump wasted no time targeting higher education reform in his second term, kicking off a fight that often seemed personal. The battle—which, at times, has escalated into an all-out war—includes a focus on individual universities that refused to bend to his will, perhaps most prominently Harvard University.
Here's a look at the key areas of the Trump administration's agenda and some of the noteworthy moves it has made when it comes to reshaping colleges and universities.
