Higher Education
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Federal initiative empowers communities with career creation
A collaboration between the federal government and local communities works to create new career opportunities. The Flint Environmental Career Worker …
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Education association tackles teacher shortage with 'Educators Rising' program
The shortage of educators and school staffers has reached a crisis level in some Pennsylvania public schools, prompting a new "Educators Rising" …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Ohio student protestors say their movement is gaining momentum
After hundreds of Ohio students gathered at Kent State University over the weekend to protest the conflict in Gaza, on the 54th anniversary of …
Monday, May 6, 2024
Northeastern University students, staff condemn arrests, charges of antisemitism
Students and faculty at Northeastern University are demanding their school issue a public apology for what they say are false charges of antisemitism …
Monday, May 6, 2024
As some rural states cut higher education, Kentucky does the opposite
By Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Kentucky News Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public New…
Students at Bryn Mawr College in PA protest war in Gaza
Pennsylvania is among the states where massive protests and tent encampments opposing the war in Gaza are growing. Elez Beresin-Scher, a sociology …
Campus protests opposing war in Gaza grow across CA
Massive protests and tent encampments opposing the war in Gaza are growing at universities across California, with classes canceled at the University …
NM studies financial equity among higher-education institutions
New Mexico is taking a deep dive into its funding of public colleges and universities to determine if inequities need to be addressed. The Higher …
UNC system streamlines military credit conversion for college degrees
For active-duty service members and veterans eyeing a college degree, the march to academic success just got easier. The University of North Carolina …
NY approves universal FAFSA access for graduating students
New York's 2025 budget creates universal access to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid program. School districts statewide will have the …
Poll: College affordability, debt keeping adults out of college
More than 70% of adults with student loans report having delayed at least one significant life event because of their debt situation, yet a new …
ACLU of TX concerned about arrests at pro-Palestinian demonstrations
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas says it is monitoring protests at college campuses, after almost 60 students protesting the Israeli-…