graduation Why This Harvard-Bound Student Gave Up Her $40K Scholarship Recent Massachusetts high school graduate Verda Tetteh is off to Harvard University this fall – and helping some of her fellow classmates along the way. We spoke to Tetteh about why she declined a $40,000 scholarship and asked it be given to other kids headed to community colleges.
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.
social justice Sign of the Times: Cal State University Approves New Social Justice Graduation Requirement California State University (CSU) recently voted to require ethnic studies or social justice classes a requirement for graduation as the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have propelled social unrest and injustice issues to the forefront.
College Returning to Campus is ‘A Little Bit Scary' for One College Student Laith Mekouar was a freshman at James Madison University when the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus back in March. Mekouar discusses how his college experience will change in the fall and how he feels about returning to school with coronavirus cases rising.
College With Covid-19 on the Rise, College Students Are Opting for Smaller Schools Closer to Home Texas’s Tarleton State University and other small schools are getting a boost in enrollment as the coronavirus pandemic makes traveling to large, distant schools less appealing to students. The university’s president James Hurley joins LX News to discuss the trend.
college admisssions Dropping the SATs Will Make College Admissions More Competitive—Here's How to Stand Out Minkyung Kim, the founder of RK College Consulting, says she expects college applications to the Ivy League to go up this year as more students try to get into top schools that have dropped the SAT requirement. She offers some tips for how to stand out.
college students Meet the University of Minnesota Student Who Booted Minneapolis Police from Her School University of Minnesota student Jael Kerandi convinced her school to terminate its contractual relationship with the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.
College The Coronavirus Will Change Campus Life for College Students This Fall From moving lecture classes online to limiting roommates per dorm room, colleges and universities across the country are proposing changes to student life that will allow them to reopen campuses safely in the fall.
sat The Racist History of the SAT A number of colleges and universities are making the SATs optional for admissions next year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the standardized tests this spring. This comes after years of criticism that the SAT puts low-income and minority students at a disadvantage.
College Virus Doesn't Care as Students Try to Prepare for College The outbreak has upended plans for millions of students, who are taking virtual tours of schools while also dealing with concerns about tuition payments in an economic downturn
