Student success

A new report calls on U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a more flexible infrastructure that better meets the needs of today’s college students, who are increasingly facing financial challenges,…

Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce recently updated its database comparing the financial value of 4,600 colleges and universities.

U.S. colleges and universities looking to counteract a pending decline in college enrollment should invest in boosting retention rates and recruiting students from a range of backgrounds, higher education advocates…

A partnership between New York City Public Schools and New York University is empowering students with autism to explore their academic interests and develop their leadership and self-advocacy skills.

The Lumina Foundation has set a new target for postsecondary attainment, seeking to ensure that by 2040, 75% of adults in the U.S. labor force have college degrees or “other…

Kathryn Jennings has joined Georgetown to help build and expand the student experience on the university’s Capitol Campus, a growing home for research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and experiential learning in downtown…

Georgetown earned a Research 1 designation for the 30th year, while 32 institutions moved from R2 to R1 status, the highest research activity classification for U.S. colleges and universities.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education spotlights the City University of New York’s Black Male Initiative, which for two decades has worked to address the barriers to higher education confronting young…

A new report suggests evidence-based strategies that would bring California closer to its goal for postsecondary degree and certificate attainment, especially among students from underrepresented groups.

As of 2023, nearly 55% of working-age Americans had a postsecondary degree or credential, a 17-percentage-point increase since 2009, according to a new report released by the Lumina Foundation.