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These Recent Grads Are Helping Feed College Students in Need

Makayla Williams and Alexis Wray are the co-founders of MarketBoxx, an organization that provides food to college students who need it. The recent grads of North Carolina A&T, an HBCU, say students shouldn’t have to choose between a textbook and food, and want to help students follow their dreams.
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How College Athletes Are Making Money From Name, Image and Likeness

Some college athletes are hiring financial planning teams as they ink deals with corporate sponsors and make money, after the NCAA passed an interim policy on name, image and likeness deals. The policy allows players to make some extra cash for the future – and they’ll be paying taxes on that income too, CNBC’s Sharon Epperson explains.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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