Brandon High hopes the county’s second college and career center will get students started on “next steps.”
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The impact of Spelman College’s $100 million gift: ‘Anytime you invest in Black women, you’re investing in the world’
Open Campus spoke with Spelman alumna Deborwah Faulk about the university’s recent historic $100 million donation.
Posted inIndianapolis
‘You see it in their heart’: How this Ivy Tech program is giving formerly incarcerated students a second chance
After the job rejections piled up, Patrick Mix found his second chance at an Ivy Tech job fair.
Posted inOhio
‘I don’t have control at all of my future right now’: Notre Dame College students try to figure out what comes next as college closes
Students remained wary of promises as they packed a gymnasium on the South Euclid campus to meet college recruiters offering a possible education lifeline.
Posted inRace and Equity
As young Black Americans move away from organized religion, some worry HBCUs aren’t ‘making space for religious people’
Recent studies indicate a notable decline in religious identification among Black Americans, a trend that is causing a ripple effect in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) divinity programs. Experts suggest many factors contribute to this shift, including Black nationalism, the politicization of COVID-19, challenges to diversity within religious institutions, and the evolving landscape of […]
Posted inMississippi
Conflicting views of Mississippi University for Women’s future underline merger bill
Nora Miller, the MUW president, has said the university is in solid financial health because it has no debt.
Posted inCollege in Rural America
The rural workforce is changing. Colleges are scrambling to keep up.
Lack of affordable housing makes it almost impossible to recruit out-of-towners to rural communities like Ravalli County, and the in-town workforce is drying up. Montana and other states hope more flexible, skills-based education systems can meet specific and sometimes surprising education needs.
Posted inColorado
Colorado transfer students would get help with retaining college credits under new bill
Two years into college during the pandemic, Larry Blackshear wanted a little bit of normalcy. Hoping a move closer to home would help, he decided to transfer in 2022 from Colorado State University Pueblo to the University of Colorado Denver — a 15-minute drive from where he grew up in Aurora. But even though he […]
Posted inMississippi
Bill to merge Mississippi University for Women narrowly dies
A shock bill to merge the Mississippi University for Women with another public institution was narrowly defeated in the Senate Wednesday by 27 lawmakers, including the Republican from Columbus. The sponsor of Senate Bill 2715, Sen. Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville, asked lawmakers to essentially defang his bill by stripping it of the merger idea and turning […]
Posted inTexas
With new state funds in hand, community colleges waive tuition for some high school students
Community college leaders hope free tuition programs will help change the conversation about the affordability of higher education amid a growing skepticism over the value of a college degree.