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Financially Stressed Students
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California Indian Nations College sees hope for tribal colleges becoming an official part of California public higher education.
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Malaya Lambert didn’t take a straight path into healthcare – or into advocacy. A mom, a former college athlete, and now a patient care technician, Malaya has navigated interrupted education, fin...
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For students from low-income backgrounds, going to college can seem like an impossible dream. But the key to making that dream a reality often lies in completing a single form
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Satisfaction is up and wait times are short, an agency official told the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ legislative conference.
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California's Rapid Rehousing program offers emergency housing and rental subsidies to college students at all UCs and most Cal States.
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With more than half of America’s undergraduates now reporting food or housing insecurity, a new model of support is taking hold on college campuses.
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During the Council of Independent Colleges’ annual conference, higher education experts discussed new laws and regulations coming down the pike.
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A group of current and former diversity professionals and researchers founded a journal to preserve perspectives they fear could be lost amid state and federal crackdowns on DEI work.
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After Bilal Ali graduated from high school, he wasn’t able to think about college. His father had just died, leaving him on his own, and he was scrambling to support himself.
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We’ve been wondering how prison education programs have grown since the reinstatement of Pell grants for incarcerated learners a couple of years ago. So we sent our producer Jeff Young to learn more...
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News editor Katherine Knott joins editor in chief Sara Custer f
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Students seeking better jobs turn to for-profit colleges, often taking out federal loans only to discover many programs misled them with degrees that can be essentially worthless.
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Colleges and training providers are reimagining routes into good jobs in behavioral health, a field that has traditionally required years of costly education before workers ever see a client.
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At Stony Brook University, a revamped pantry includes culturally significant foods and hygiene products, reflecting a national shift as colleges expand essential student services.
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ASU has launched a new effort to bring back students who started their college careers but didn’t graduate. Operation Comeback aims to help those students go back to school and get their degrees —...
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UW-Oshkosh enrolls more dual enrollment students than any Wisconsin university. It’s changing the college’s identity.
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California community colleges want to offer more bachelor’s degrees but UC and Cal State say that infringes on their role
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A new analysis finds that just 29 percent of California student parents received supplemental aid meant to cover housing, childcare and other basic needs.