Today marks a significant milestone for our client, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. After months of behind-the-scenes planning with our public affairs team, HSF announced its new “Generation 1st Degree,” program at its first Education Summit, held in New York City. This program aims to ensure that at least one person in every Hispanic household earns [...]
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of higher education knows that “college completion rates” and “data-driven solutions” have become more important than ever before in public debates and media coverage. National and state-level policymakers, along with college presidents, are paying closer attention to these issues – or at the very least, they are pledging to [...]
A New York Times Op-Ed piece by David Brooks cites Lumina Foundation efforts to track student outcomes as being a key element in education reform. Brooks also cites increases in community college attendance as being a step in the right direction when it comes to restoring our “human capital advantage.” Lumina Foundation for Education is [...]
According to a new report from Lumina Foundation for Education, “A Stronger Nation through Education,” returning to a position of global leadership will require the US to increase the proportion of Americans who hold high quality two- and four-year degrees. A recent Houston Chronicle article includes further commentary from Jamie Merisotis, president of the foundation, [...]
Education Secretary Arne Duncan was handed the proverbial golden ticket in President Obama’s stimulus package, and the good times for the education world should continue into the next decade if the President’s education priorities survive the 2010 budget process. Secretary Duncan has been given a huge – even by Washington standards – increase in the [...]
Genius Grant recipients John P. Holdren and Jane Lubchenco have been selected for two key positions in President-Elect Obama’s renewed commitment to climate change.