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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
20 October 2021
Ohio, United States
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Cleveland State University used a grant to open up Lift Up Vikes! Resource Center and Food Pantry on campus where students in need can get groceries, including fresh produce and canned goods. Many CSU students faced f...
14 December 2020
Poland
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Over 3000 Words
Współpraca naukowców, organizacji pozarządowych, ekologów i rządu pozwoliła na przywrócenie naturze polskiego wilka, gatunku, który był na granicy wyginięcia. Metody takie, jak lokalizacje GPS i badania genetyczne pom...
14 September 2021
British Columbia, Canada
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The British Columbia government waives tuition at public universities for undergraduate students who grew up in foster care, a measure that takes aim at the disadvantages young people face after aging out of the child...
7 September 2021
Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
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1500-3000 Words
Magna Graecia University partnered with prison administrators in Catanzaro, Italy, to help two incarcerated men find a form of rehabilitation by writing their own lives' stories. In a process called autoethnography, t...
15 August 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A third of surveyed college students experience food insecurity, the rate is even higher at Western Washington University. To address the issue that university has unfolded a number of responses; food pantries, meal d...
5 August 2021
California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Indigenous students find a sense of community and belonging at new tribal colleges in California. As the racial group with the lowest rates of college attendance, indigenous students face a long list of obstacles. Hav...
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT)
Dovilė Lisauskaitė
19 July 2021
Netherlands
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800-1500 Words
University students in the Netherlands are able to qualify for stipends, loans, and employment regardless of their country of origin. Students can claim a subsidy of 413 euros as long as their family's combined incom...
6 July 2021
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
To boost diversity in its ranks as part of its outreach to improve community relations, the St. Paul Police Department created a two-year apprenticeship program that makes law enforcement careers more accessible by cl...
21 June 2021
Middletown, Connecticut, United States
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800-1500 Words
College-in-prison programs like Wesleyan University's Center for Prison Education have a track record for improving incarcerated students' lives, lowering crime, and making prisons safer. But a number of factors compr...
16 June 2021
Riverside, California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Riverside County launched College Comeback to address the COVID-19 related decline in graduating high school students going to college. Six counselors each spend 25 hours a week reaching out to the high school class o...
15 June 2021
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Homeward Bound Peterborough helps single mothers overcome their most common causes of homelessness: limited access to housing, childcare, and education. Based on a program in Toronto that has helped hundreds, the Pete...
14 June 2021
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Research shows that online training isn’t successful at changing attitudes or beliefs on sexual assault. This article takes an in-depth look at EverFi, an online sexual assault module that students at Western Washingt...
14 June 2021
Michigan, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
A new initiative in Michigan is helping locals over the age of 25 attending community college free of charge. The Reconnect program helps those who have yet to complete a post-secondary degree by covering all the cost...
20 May 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
Across the country, colleges and universities are changing their SAT policies and becoming test-optional campuses. That means they don’t consider test scores in their admissions process. In Washington, six universitie...
Grady Newsource
Tylar Norman
27 April 2021
Athens, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
To maintain community connections, University of Georgia’s Multicultural Services and Programs hosted socially-distanced drive-in events on UGA fields. The Vietnamese Student Association hosted its annual Night In Sai...
27 April 2021
Oklahoma, United States
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SEED for Oklahoma Kids is a statewide effort to help newer generations climb the educational ladder and build assets. Parents are offered $1,000 in their newborn's name and set aside in a college savings account, dest...
22 April 2021
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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800-1500 Words
While community colleges across the country saw a decrease in enrollment during the pandemic, one school, Nashville State, saw a slight increase in the number of Tennesse Reconnect students enrolled. Tenneese Recconne...
The North Wind
Katarina Rothhorn
21 April 2021
Marquette, Michigan, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Northern Michigan University's Black Student Union turned its unhappiness with the display on campus of a "thin blue line" flag into a series of deep and open conversations that led to a compromise and a new set of co...
19 April 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The movement to promote science education and careers among people who are currently or formerly incarcerated is making slow but real progress. Programs like the National Science Foundation's STEM Opportunities in Pri...
12 April 2021
Fresno, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Reconnect Program in Fresno is helping college students pick up where they left off. The program is aimed at former students close to completing their degrees, but who left or paused their studies. Although the pr...
11 April 2021
Tsaile, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
Diné College, the first tribally-controlled accredited college, provides over 1,300 students with opportunities to learn cultural traditions and the Navajo language, alongside traditional academic subjects. The school...
25 March 2021
Milledgeville, Georgia, United States
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800-1500 Words
Georgia College Political Society, a non-partisan debate and discussion organization, hosts events where students from across the political spectrum discuss political issues. Discussion topics have included criminal j...
Grady Newsource
Tylar Norman
22 March 2021
Athens, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Georgia Daze is a student-led organization at the University of Georgia actively working to increase the Black student population on campus by focusing efforts on Black student applicants. Through biannual recruitment...
19 March 2021
Reedley, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
For many college students, the cost of a textbook is often cost-prohibitive and instructors are looking at ways to address that. At Reedley College in California, instructors are curating their own teaching content th...
Dallas Morning News
Nicolette White
14 March 2021
Charlotte, Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Future Focused Texas is a new initiatiative aiming to assist college-bound seniors and college students by providing assistance through a suite of resources and making it available to counselors and mentors. The initi...
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