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Jewél Jackson

Higher education reporter for El Paso Matters, in partnership with Open Campus.

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Posted inEl Paso

El Paso Community College graduates a class of nurses

By Jewél JacksonMay 14, 2021May 17, 2021

This was the nursing department’s first in-person graduation since 2019.

Posted inEl Paso

College seniors have changing expectations for post-graduation

By Jewél JacksonMay 12, 2021May 13, 2021

“Things have radically shifted in the past 20 years and there’s much more attention to the fact that people need to change course because the world is changing.”

Posted inEl Paso

Border Patrol to allow Mexican parents of UTEP graduates to cross border for commencement

By Jewél JacksonMay 5, 2021May 7, 2021

The agreement is a prominent departure from U.S. and Mexican policies that have closed the 2,000-mile land border to all but essential travel since March 21, 2020.

Posted inEl Paso

How the pandemic is challenging college career centers

By Jewél JacksonMay 4, 2021June 22, 2021

A UTEP graduate got help from the school’s career center but says he struggled to get interviews until he paid $200 to a resume service. A national expert says university career services need an overhaul.

Posted inEl Paso

Food insecurity becomes a growing concern for college students

By Jewél JacksonApril 20, 2021April 20, 2021

A recent survey of El Paso Community College students found that two out of five experienced food insecurity.

Posted inEl Paso

UTEP network outage is ‘unreasonably long,’ cybersecurity expert says

By Jewél JacksonApril 1, 2021April 2, 2021

After three weeks of its network systems not fully being restored, the University of Texas at El Paso has yet to provide details about what caused the networks to fail.

Posted inEl Paso

In a border region, international students experience hardships during COVID-19

By Jewél Jackson and Maria Ramos PachecoMarch 25, 2021March 25, 2021

“They make you feel like you are doing something bad when the only thing you are trying to do is going to school,” said a student from Mexico who attends the University of Texas at El Paso.

Posted inEl Paso

UTEP and El Paso Community College try to reclaim students after enrollment declines

By Jewél JacksonMarch 8, 2021December 15, 2021

The pandemic caused thousands of students in El Paso to at least temporarily pause their pursuit of higher education.

Posted inEl Paso

Here are higher education issues that I’ll focus on in El Paso

By Jewél JacksonFebruary 24, 2021February 25, 2021

I have been giving myself a crash course on the educational scene in the city.

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