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Section: Students
Community Colleges
One Million Degrees: Taking Chicago's Community Colleges Through the Pandemic and Beyond
When the pandemic hit Chicago’s community colleges, One Million Degrees started thinking about how they could best support their students.
August 18, 2021
Students
Benedict College Repurposes Bookstore To Support Entrepreneurs
For Tonisha Roberts, a first-time business owner, the pandemic resulted in a temporary pause on her customized apparel company, Reality Effects Anybody’s Life (REAL).
August 17, 2021
News Roundup
Minnesota Initiative Aims to Help Student Loan Borrowers Graduate
August 17, 2021
Community Colleges
Community College Students, Persistence, and the Minimum Wage
Across America, students at community colleges are dropping out of institutions due to financial stressors.
August 16, 2021
Students
Student Parents Continue to Face Housing Insecurity
According to a report from the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, about 68% of student parents in 2019 reported facing housing insecurity. That was before the pandemic.
August 12, 2021
Students
How This College Used Data to Keep Students in School
Georgia Gwinnett College gathered and studied data on student behavior during the pandemic to help its undergraduates stay in school.
August 11, 2021
Latest News
Pathways of Promise: Community Colleges Partner With HBCUs
When she was 18 years old, Ayeisha Gipson wasn’t sure college was the right move for her. She was apathetic about school, despite her mother’s passionate urging that she matriculate to a university.
August 10, 2021
Students
Student Loan Pause Extended Until January 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Education will continue to halt student loan repayment, interest, and collections until January 31, 2022. “The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, health, and finances instead of student loans during the national emergency,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona. […]
August 9, 2021
Students
Cheyney University to Eliminate Student Debt From 2020 and Spring 2021
Cheyney University plans to eliminate unpaid student bills from the last three semesters with funding from the federal stimulus package, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Using around $400,000, an average debt of over $2,200 will be forgiven for 180 students, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The historically Black college in Pennsylvania follows many other institutions over […]
August 3, 2021
Students
Two More Georgia HBCUs Clear Pandemic Related Student Debt
Morehouse College and Savannah State University have become the latest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to clear student debt acquired since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. The funding comes directly from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, a federal government pledge of $35 billion to help financially struggling college students […]
August 3, 2021
Students
College Promise Programs Launch Innovative Solutions to Achieve Economic Mobility
As the nation turns toward recovery, College Promise—a non-profit aimed at eliminating college cost barriers—is implementing new models and training to promote economic mobility and post-college career success. Several of these programs were featured in the College Promise hosted webinar “Financial Sustainability for College Promise Programs: Navigating Through and Beyond COVID-19” that took place on Thursday.
July 29, 2021
Students
University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Posse Arts Partner to Recruit Underrepresented Artists
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is partnering with The Posse Foundation, a diversity-focused scholarship organization, on a new initiative to recruit, train and support talented — but underrepresented — students in the arts. The initiative, called Posse Arts, was conceived in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the brain behind Hamilton and […]
July 15, 2021
Students
Illinois Bill Could Require a Liaison for Undocumented Students at Public Universities
Illinois colleges and universities could be required to create a liaison position to support undocumented students if the state’s governor, J.B. Pritzker, signs House Bill 3438 into law, reports the Illinois News Room. Sent to Pritzker in June, the bill requires all public universities and colleges designate a “Dream Resource Liaison,” who would help undocumented […]
July 14, 2021
Students
Coppin State Creates Scholarship in Honor of Freddie Gray
Baltimore’s Coppin State University has created a new scholarship — the Freddie Gray Student Success Scholarship — that will benefit graduates of the local Carver Vocational-Technical High School. Gray, who died in 2015 after he was arrested by Baltimore police, was an alumni of the high school. The scholarship is worth $25,000 and is funded […]
July 13, 2021
Students
Third Louisiana Institution Offers Full Ride to Spelling Champion Zaila Avant-garde
Southern University has become the third Louisiana academic institution to offer a full-ride scholarship to Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year-old Louisiana native who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, reports The Advocate. “We at SU celebrate you, Zaila!” wrote Ray L. Belton, Southern’s president-chancellor, on Twitter. “You a PHENOMENAL representation of our great state […]
July 12, 2021
Students
Student Loan Service FedLoan Will Not Renew Federal Contract
Student loan servicer The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)— also known as FedLoan — will not renew its contract with the federal government when it expires in December, The New York Times reported. FedLoan oversees loans of 8.5 million student borrowers. It is one of the companies the Education Department pays to manage the […]
July 9, 2021
Students
Students, Nonprofits Work to End Period Poverty on Campuses Nationwide
In March, a group gathered in the middle of Lincoln University’s student union area for a celebration, complete with balloons, music, photo opportunities and appearances made by the university’s king and queen. The occasion? A “period pop-up shop,” in which tampons, pads and other sanitary products were handed out as casually as party favors.
July 2, 2021
Students
Georgia State Receives $2 Million from Kresge Foundation Education Program
Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has received $2 million from the Kresge Foundation Education Program. The money will go towards the institute’s implementation. NISS will help higher ed institutions implement technology-driven and evidence-based systems to increase college access and completion. It is slated to open in the fall. Using data-driven approaches, […]
June 22, 2021
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