Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, yet their college-degree attainment levels remain among the lowest. Modeling Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Campus Practices That Work for Latino Students, an Excelencia in Education publication funded by Lumina Foundation, highlights 12 institutions that are elevating the college playing field for Hispanics.

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Rising tuition costs and enrollment caps at four-year institutions are pushing more students to community colleges. This phenomenon creates challenges because many two-year schools face cuts in state support and other funding resources. Funding Issues in U.S. Community Colleges: Findings from a 2007 Survey of the National State Directors of Community Colleges, from the American Association of Community Colleges, expects community colleges to raise tuition by 4 percent.

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Diminished literacy skills among adults undermine the nation's economic future. According to The National Commission on Adult Literacy's report, Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce, up to 90 million adults are ill-equipped to meet global workforce demands or secure a family-sustaining wage job. The report suggests improving state and federal adult literacy programs and creating an adult education and workforce-skills system capable of enrolling 20 million adults by 2020.  

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The United States needs a major overhaul in adult education to produce the 16 million additional postsecondary education graduates required to fill job needs.  SHEEO press release provides a detailed state-level analysis of how to achieve the increased degree production goal.

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The State Higher Education Executives Officers association (SHEEO) has released their annual report on state support of postsecondary education. The report, State Higher Education Finance FY 2007, demonstrates a continuing recovery in state financial support for higher education, as per student state and local support to higher education in FY 2007 grew 3.9 percent faster than inflation and enrollment growth. Current state finance outlook suggests sustaining the recovery will be difficult in fiscal year 2009.

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