The United States’ future economic growth and standard of living, and the success of all of our young people, depend on addressing the crucial challenges confronting higher education. How can the nation ensure that students are learning more and acquiring the essentials to compete in the global economy? How can America educate its low-income and minority young people to ensure that a higher percentage of them graduate with the ability to meet changing workforce demands?
Lumina Foundation for Education is committed to helping find the answers – while containing institutional costs. The multi-year Making Opportunity Affordable: Reinvesting in College Access and Success initiative is focused on assisting states and institutions in addressing three fundamental problems:
* Stagnant Educational Attainment. The U.S. has slipped from first to eighth among industrialized nations in degree attainment even as our economy becomes more global;
* Escalating Spending. The amount of money that colleges and universities spend to provide education to their students is rising faster than consumer prices and health care costs; and
* Eroding Quality. According to a national study, prose literacy among adults with college degrees dropped between 1992 and 2003.
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