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What Is the Real Cost of College in California?

The increasing time it takes to graduate from college in California is adding significant costs on students, families, and taxpayers, says a report from the Campaign for College Opportunity. Both...

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Still Searching: Job Vacancies and STEM Skills

Workers with skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play a key role in driving innovation and economic growth. This report from Brookings Institution finds that skills common to...

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College Persistence & First-Time Students

The percentage of first-time U.S. students who return to college for a second year has dropped 1.2 percentage points between 2009 and 2012 from 69.9 to 68.7 percent, according to a report from the...

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Breaking with Tradition

Breaking with Tradition from the New America Foundation makes the case for why federal student grant programs need to be better tailored to the increasingly large group of students who are older,...

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A Cure for Remedial Reporting Chaos

A new report from the Education Commission of the States analyzes how states identify, track, and report the number of students referred to remedial instruction in postsecondary school. Among the...

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Common Core Goes to College

A policy brief from the New America Foundation urges colleges and universities to enhance their support of the Common Core State Standards and collaborate more closely with public schools to determine...

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At What Cost? Community Colleges & Federal Student Loans

Nearly 1 million community college students do not have access to federal student loans because their schools choose not to offer them, says this report from the Institute for College Access &...

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Focus Summer 2014 | College-bound communities

The summer issue of Lumina Foundation Focus magazine demonstrates how Lumina's community partnership efforts foster talent development in Columbus, IN, Buffalo, NY, and Santa Ana, CA. More »

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Pathways to Prosperity Network: A State Progress Report

To address persistent high levels of youth unemployment and help more young people gain traction toward careers and postsecondary degrees, several states are building system-level reforms of career...

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Some College, No Degree

More than 31 million Americans who enrolled in college in the past two decades left without a degree, with almost one third remaining for only one term, according to a new study from the National...

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