Lumina Foundation for Education

To assess the true costs of developing and offering short-term workforce development programs at community colleges and evaluate the implications of these costs for school administrators.

to support the continued implementation of the Historically Black Community College Network

To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges

To work with Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education institutions to create and implement five-year plans that transform the foundational postsecondary experience.

To support independent, policy-oriented journalism about issues vital to creating a better-educated country.

To support public television news broadcast segments related to the nation's need for increased educational attainment after high school.

To conduct research and evaluation on Lumina's Great Admissions Redesign Challenge grantees.

To support the Kids on Campus framework for co-locating Head Start programs on community college campuses

To support the SUNY system in implementing the ASAP | ACE model with 10 institutions.

To support coverage of immigrants seeking education and training after high school.

To support sustainability efforts of the Non-degree Credentials Research Network (NCRN)

To study the impact of integrating proactive financial aid notifications with direct admissions programs in at least two states, in partnership with Scholarship America

To further the efforts of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Consortium of postsecondary institutions seeking to enhance student employability.

To support a faculty professional development program to equip faculty with equity-driven pedagogical tools to improve student learning and close equity gaps.

To plan for automated admissions for Louisiana's universal transfer pathway students and high school seniors

To support the SIU system to implement evidence-based interventions to improve academic progress, decrease DFW rates, and increase students' sense of belonging.

To conduct an analysis of student family wealth and existing Pell awards towards the development of the framework of a supplemental, wealth-based Pell Grant

To implement a faculty professional development intervention to promote innovation and equity in redesigning programs, courses, and learning environments.

To support research, policy analysis, and non-partisan advocacy in support of efforts to increase postsecondary attainment and quality for Latino students in postsecondary education.

To provide capacity building support to the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program.

To support in-depth coverage of race and equity in higher education, and higher education coverage in Indiana.

To identify international best practices in how collaboration between higher ed institutions, cities, and regions can support sustainable development goals.

To convene a coalition of national civil rights partners around advancing racial equity and economic mobility in federal higher education policy

To support the Aspen Higher Education Forum with journalists' participation.

To build capacity among SHEEOs to advance equitable policy agendas.

To conduct research around the narrative surrounding higher education and its benefits and deliver new messaging to target audiences

To provide operating support for the next iteration of the Executives' Alliance for Boys and Men of Color.

To support the Higher Ed Forward joint funder effort designed to advance student success, academic freedom, and democratic principles through designated pooled funding.

To provide technical assistance to SHEEOs involved in cross-agency workforce collaboratives, and facilitate the launch for an 8 state collaborative on electric vehicles.

To develop direct admissions pathways for Texas students using the state's official college & career readiness platform

To address challenges arising from US Supreme Court rulings prohibiting colleges and universities from considering race as one factor among many in college admissions

To provide general operating support for Our Times, a Black community newspaper in Evansville, Indiana.

To support the Project on Predatory Student Lending in building infrastructure to harness student borrower clients' voices.

To support implementation of California's Master Plan for Career Education.

To evaluate the implementation and progress of the Golden State Pathways Program in California.

To support professional development of CUNY four-year and two-year college faculty on the ethical use of AI and the development of open educational resources for using AI in the classroom.

To support advertising and marketing efforts to build audience and brand recognition for a local newsroom.

To support higher education coverage in Colorado.

To support The National Institute for Student Success to deliver its Diagnostic Playbook services to 3 SUNY institutions.

To inform institutional, state, and national policy with practices and strategies to address affordability and more intentionally serve Latino students

To support the California Education Learning Lab to develop a novel statewide, intersegmental professional learning cooperative serving California's public higher education institutions.

To support policy analysis and advocacy addressing reverse redlining and basic needs insecurity in higher education.

To conduct an analysis of companies that facilitate low-quality, high-cost education and training and a study exploring the implication of student loan debt on perceptions of the value of higher education.

To support the rollout of Democracy Re/Designed and support IDHE's transition to AAC&U

To elevate the use of state longitudinal data systems in automating admissions processes and to provide TA to Great Admissions Redesign grantees