Even before COVID-19 became a full-blown pandemic, college students were experiencing alarming rates of suicidality, anxiety, and depression. The reasons were historically complex, varying from loneliness and academic and social pressure...

New index uses 105 metrics to determine state knowledge economies Los Angeles – Nov. 12, 2020 – Massachusetts ranks No. 1 in the 2020 Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index. The biennial assessment uses 105 metrics to determine...

The State Technology and Science Index (STSI) provides a benchmark for evaluating the knowledge economies of all 50 US states. The index compares each state’s capacity for attaining prosperity through science discovery and technological...

Report recommends new financing options to make college more accessible. Los Angeles – September 3, 2020 – The Milken Institute today released a new report finding that a significant number of student loan borrowers have been left in worse...

In June 2020, the Milken Institute, in collaboration with the State of Illinois' Treasurer's Office, organized two virtual Financial Innovations Labs® to discuss new ways for students to fund their post-secondary education. The Lab brought...

Situation For decades, philanthropists Rob and Cindy Citrone have donated to and served as board members of educational institutions and nonprofit organizations. Through their work and their philanthropy, and in their own lives, they saw a...

Fear, anxiety and social isolation brought on by the pandemic has exacerbated existing mental health challenges for people on college campuses, and created new ones as online learning expands, key rites of passage are cancelled, and social...

I remember the exact moment last spring that I gave up on my son’s education. I had just finished a grueling call with my board of directors while rocking my newborn, as my husband paced outside on another call, when Shaan sauntered away...

The day I received an acceptance letter to Yale should have been a day for celebration in my family. Instead, I was congratulated and then told that I could not go. My parents didn’t attend college. Their parents didn’t even attend high...