prison reform Access to Pell Grants Will Be a Huge Help for Incarcerated Students College education during incarceration helps people become less likely to re-offend upon leaving prison, and gives access to better job opportunities. By 2023, formerly incarcerated people will be able to access Pell Grants toward their education. Margaret Dizerega of the Vera Institute of Justice explains.
artificial intelligence When's Tuition Due? Text This Bot and Find Out BillyChat, a chatbot run from Cal Poly Pomona, can respond to students’ text-messaged questions about exams, costs, financial aid and more.
college students The Pandemic Has Sparked a Mass Mental Health Crisis Among College Students and Young Adults About half of college students screened in a recent Boston University study were found to have depression or anxiety. It’s a sign of the toll the pandemic is taking on millions cut off from human connections and, for many, their goals and aspirations. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks from college campuses to social platforms like TikTok at the impact social...
gen z Gen Z GOP: These Young Republicans Want to Reshape Their Party Post-Trump A group of young Republicans who call themselves Gen Z GOP are aiming to reshape the party for their generation. These Washington, D.C., college students all identify as Republican. They don’t, however, feel like they’re at home in the GOP under President Trump. Here’s how they’re trying to change that.
young voters These Two College Students Drove 1,400 Miles Across the Country to Vote American University students Meredith Reilly and Zachary Houdek drove from Washington D.C. to their home state of Texas to cast their ballots for the 2020 election. The two first-time voters joined LX News to talk about their journey to make sure their votes count.
university of illinois This University Had Innovative Plans to Protect Students From COVID-19 —They Had an Outbreak Anyway Mariah Guzman, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and Chancellor Robert Jones gave NBC Chicago an inside look at their high-tech efforts to keep students on the Urbana-Champaign campus safe from COVID-19, including twice a week saliva tests and contact tracing via Bluetooth. One week after opening its doors, the school had an outbreak anyway.
college students The Suite Life: Some Hotels are Offering Students Swanky Alternative to Dorm Living Amid Pandemic As college students continue to head back to school for the fall semester, The Hotel at the University of Maryland and others are offering an extended-stay package for students which provides flexibility and stability of lodging during the pandemic that on-campus living may not.
unc chapel hill ‘People Are Scared': UNC-Chapel Hill Freshman Says Students Afraid to Leave Their Rooms Amid Pandemic On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced all undergraduate in-person classes will shift to remote learning after four student housing units reported coronavirus outbreaks. Noah Monroe is a current freshman at UNC who said his friends are scared of getting sick.
COVID-19 How Two Princeton Grads Are Creating a Bubble College Campus with ‘The U Experience' Princeton graduates Adam Bragg and Lane Russell created ‘The U Experience,’ a new program for college students who will miss out on the traditional college experience and allows them to come together on a single campus and provides them with an offline community experience.
schools Students Express Their Own Health Fears As Schools Weigh Reopening Plans LX News host Ashley Holt talked to a college student from Illinois, a high school student from Georgia and an eighth grader from Indiana about returning to school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
