Lumina Foundation Issues Commentary: Americans Haven't Given Up on College
July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 23 -- The Lumina Foundation issued the following commentary by chief data and research officer Courtney Brown:
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Americans haven't given up on college. They've changed the scorecard.
For decades, colleges benefited from a simple assumption: prestige signaled value. A bachelor's degree from a respected institution was widely seen as the gold standard, while community colleges and certificates occupied lower rung . . .
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Americans haven't given up on college. They've changed the scorecard.
For decades, colleges benefited from a simple assumption: prestige signaled value. A bachelor's degree from a respected institution was widely seen as the gold standard, while community colleges and certificates occupied lower rung . . .