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Gates Foundation’s New Goal: 10M ‘Credentials of Value’ by 2045

The Gates Foundation has a new North Star: ensuring 10 million learners ages 18 to 34 earn “credentials of value”...
Students mill around tents of food at Compton College's farmers market.

Compton College Plans to Tie Basic Needs to Academic Milestones. Will It Work?

Starting in fall 2027, students need to meet a set of academic requirements to get free meals and other supports. College leaders say the move will increase completion rates. But basic needs experts are worried.

Students singing at Hebrew Union College.

An Enrollment Reprieve for Rabbinical Schools

For years, major rabbinical schools saw head counts dwindle. Now some are welcoming large incoming classes after creating new pipelines to the rabbinate.

A group of students in the university library working on a school project together.

Persistence, Retention Among Black and Hispanic Freshmen Reach Decade Highs

While persistence and retention rates for the entering class of 2024 remained the same as the previous year, Black and Hispanic students saw slight increases in both, a new report finds.

A photo illustration of a price gun replacing the sale tag to lower the price on a graduation cap and gown.

Tuition Discounting Continues to Climb

A NACUBO study found average tuition discount rates at 57.1 percent for first-time, full-time undergraduates, according to preliminary estimates. Net tuition revenue is also down.

The Key Podcast: Cuts to TRIO Will Harm Rural Students

Efforts to get rural students into college would end if the government cuts federal funding to access programs including TRIO...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after departing Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026, in Miami

Trump Once Again Pushes Steep Education, Research Cuts

Congress broadly rejected the president’s proposed gutting of research funding agencies for this fiscal year. But his new budget proposal still attacks them, and ED. Here are our five takeaways.

Cover of the book "Student Parent: The fight for families, the cost of poverty, and the power of college" next to an image of the author Nicole Lynn Lewis, a young woman with light brown skin and brown hair, wearing a pink top.

The Fight for Parents’ Access to Higher Ed

The founder of Generation Hope, an organization that supports parenting students, discusses her new book on how to combat the challenges these students are up against.