{"id":87549,"date":"2018-11-19T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=87549"},"modified":"2019-04-15T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T00:53:37","slug":"lumina-grant-support-adult-degree-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/19\/lumina-grant-support-adult-degree-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> receives Lumina grant to support adult degree completion"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Lumina Foundation<\/a> has awarded the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> $400,000 to support adults who want to earn college degrees, certificates, and other quality credentials. To date, Lumina has invested nearly $6.5 million in the Adult Promise effort nationwide.<\/p>\n

“This Lumina grant provides national recognition and validation of the work our team has already started and our ability to effect change,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong><\/a>. “Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s future depends on an educated citizenry, and the additional credentials earned through this work will be critical to personal, career, family and community success for thousands across our islands.”<\/p>\n

Vice President for UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges John Morton<\/a><\/strong> added, “Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> competed successfully among 25 other states and joins the nation’s leading states in increasing educational opportunities for working adults.” Morton continued, “In Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, there are more than 169,000 25–64 year olds who started college but have not yet earned their degree, including 34,000 who started at one of our ten UH<\/abbr> campuses in the last five years.”<\/p>\n

To receive grants, states must show that they have financial aid for adults in place; a strong commitment to achieving fair-and-just educational outcomes among people of color; a clear readiness and intention to promote systemic change benefiting adults; and buy-in among stakeholders such as employers, public colleges and universities, community organizations and state leaders.<\/p>\n

The Lumina Foundation award will help UH<\/abbr>:<\/p>\n