Playing the grade game
Ultimately, one expert argues, we need to build systems that create a good fit for every…
Black, low-income students in Mississippi would lose thousands in college aid under proposed program
Under the recommended changes to state financial aid, non-white students at four-year universities would lose $1.1 million while white students would gain nearly $1.6 million.
‘What’s happening in this house is hurting me’: Why students at Alcorn State called for their president to resign
Protests are rarely seen at Alcorn, the nation’s oldest historically Black land grant university, where students face pressure to resolve issues with administration internally.
U. of Texas at El Paso approves formal acknowledgment that its campus sits on Indigenous land
Professors, students, and community members that include the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo have been working for the past two years to get the university's acknowledgement.
Ohio awards $1.7 million to boost FAFSA completions
The percentage of students completing the federal aid application has fallen during the pandemic. About 62% of Ohio’s high school class of 2021 completed a FAFSA as of last month. That’s nearly a 5% drop from the previous academic year.
How can universities improve Black student representation? A Pitt professor offered a blueprint in the 1970s.
Jerome Taylor attracted Black students in psychology, a field badly in need of diversification, through mentoring, workshops, and collaboration.
Health care certificate programs vary widely in return on investment
Northeast Ohio is a medical mecca, and health care is one of the biggest drivers of the local economy. But a recent analysis of federal data shows that some health care credentials don’t have much, if any, long-term economic payoff for individuals.
What it’s like to live as an undocumented student
“I can have all these accolades and awards and a Swathmore College education. But at the end of the day, what people are going to see is that I am undocumented. So I always ask myself, what weighs heavier, a liberal-arts elite education or a green card?”
Northeast Ohio community colleges report drops in enrollment
Those who are parents told Cuyahoga Community College officials that uncertainty around their kids’ K-12 school schedules influenced choices they made about their own educations. The strength of the current job market affected things, too.
New program allows incarcerated students to get bachelor’s degrees alongside peers on the outside
Pitzer College started the Inside Out program with the goal of helping incarcerated students better engage with coursework and make connections with the outside world — a key factor in reintegrating back into society.
The public has soured on higher ed. Now what?
A new book probes what colleges can do to change public sentiment. “Universities are not doing a great job of communicating what they are doing,” says Stephen Gavazzi, one of the authors and a human sciences professor at Ohio State.
