Molly Minta

Mississippi

‘It’s bittersweet’: Students, faculty reflect on college in the time of COVID

Molly Minta
February 25, 2021

College students and faculty reflect on what it’s been like to attend school and teach classes in a pandemic, which first disrupted their academic and personal lives almost a year ago.

Mississippi

Fewer Mississippi students are applying for financial aid. Here’s what officials are doing about it.

Molly Minta
February 11, 2021

Compared with last year, 18 percent fewer students had filled out the FAFSA. The decline is worse in schools with higher populations of working-class students and students of color.

Mississippi

Most recipients of financial aid in Mississippi are from wealthier families

Molly Minta
February 8, 2021

“We’re excluding the highest need students,” says the director of a statewide nonprofit group.

Mississippi

Mississippi is getting $1 billion in stimulus funds for education. Here’s how it can be spent.

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January 28, 2021

The second wave of funding is nearly three times the amount the state received last year from the education portion of the CARES Act.

Molly Minta

‘It’s bittersweet’: Students, faculty reflect on college in the time of COVID

Fewer Mississippi students are applying for financial aid. Here’s what officials are doing about it.

Most recipients of financial aid in Mississippi are from wealthier families

Mississippi is getting $1 billion in stimulus funds for education. Here’s how it can be spent.

The trust gap on campus

Indigenous students say they need more from Colorado universities. An in-state tuition bill is a first step.

John Carroll University board, faculty square off over tenure protections

Could Cabrillo College’s future include campus housing for students?

What the new immigration bill could change for international students