The program has students thinking ahead, with more of them filling out their federal student aid forms.
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Posted inIndianapolis
Here’s why Butler University is launching an associate’s degree program
A successful model from a Chicago university is showing what’s possible in Indiana, where the college-going rate is struggling.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
First person: ‘How getting access to a computer changed my education in prison—and my future.’
I never owned a computer. after 17 years in prison, I finally have my own.
Posted inEl Paso
EPCC launches Family College to benefit two generations of students
Michelle Soto knows how difficult it can be to find affordable child care. The married mother of three young children, ages 7, 6 and almost 2, juggles her family responsibilities with math and writing classes at El Paso Community College to strengthen the English skills she will need to pursue her Associate of Applied Science […]
Posted inTexas
Mark Welsh III officially named president of Texas A&M University
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has unanimously approved Gen. Mark Welsh III as the 27th president of Texas A&M University, a little more than four months after he was named interim president of the flagship university following the former president’s resignation over a hiring scandal. The board met for nearly two hours […]
Posted inRace and Equity
HBCU student parents face hurdles to reaching graduation finish line
Kennedeigh Poole stares up at her bedroom ceiling, deep in thought, as she considers her hopes for her 10-month-old son. “I want my son to be just as ambitious as his mom,” Poole says. Poole, 25, is juggling care for her son, Amari, with working full time as an administrative assistant at Andrews Air Force […]
Posted inTexas
These rural Texans opted out of a degree. The community college down the street wants them back.
VERNON — The sun was not out yet but, across the street from the town’s community college, order numbers were already piling in on the display monitor above Nikki Murray. The McDonald’s cashier slipped in one-liners with waiting customers while she wrapped their Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwiches. Her grin was contagious. She tried to ignore […]
Posted inChicago
Two Chicago college students across a divide mourn lives lost in Israel and Gaza
Campuses across the U.S. have been embroiled in conflict since the war began. We hear how two students — one Jewish, one Palestinian — are coping.
Posted inTampa Bay
Florida higher education is in a ‘horrifying’ place, US faculty group says
Report paints a grim picture of a system controlled by politicians. The governor’s office calls it “a hoax.”
Posted inCollege in Rural America
In this shrinking Mississippi Delta county, getting a college degree means leaving home behind
Inside Issaquena County, Miss., where just 42 adult residents have at least a bachelor’s degree.