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  • How this California program is making it easier for those leaving prison to earn degrees

    August 09, 2022 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno

    Through targeted outreach and support across 15 campuses in the California State University system, Project Rebound has helped formerly incarcerated students earn nearly 500 university degrees since 2016, with a recidivism rate of less than one percent. Though the students still face stigma after release, they say Project Rebound provides a safe space for them to find stability and fellowship and connect over shared experiences.

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  • A new way to pay for college

    August 05, 2022 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Income share agreements provide students a new way to pay for college. They receive the money they need by agreeing to give the school a percentage of their future earnings for a set number of years after graduation.

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  • Nigerian advocate who launched mobile app to tackle GBV

    July 31, 2022 |

    African Women in Media (AWiM) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The CampusPal mobile app is a safe, confidential place for students at colleges in Nigeria to report cases of sexual assault and gender-based violence.

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  • How promise programs can offer more than just college affordability

    July 27, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Promise Programs provide free college educations in the high school graduate’s home state. Along with coaching and other methods of financial support, the initiatives have seen success in increasing graduation rates. The first promise program was implemented in Michigan. Since then, dozens of other states have followed suit.

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  • Paul Quinn's focus on mental health helps college students through trauma, stay on track

    July 01, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Paul Quinn, a historically Black college, developed an exhaustive program that supports students’ mental health as a way to encourage academic success. All incoming students have a mental health assessment with a counselor and have free access to therapy and support groups throughout their education. Professors, coaches, and academic advisers also offer support or can direct students to campus resources.

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  • Virginia Tech now has a 73% student-voting rate — how can other schools follow suit?

    June 02, 2022 |

    WSLS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Blacksburg, Virginia

    Virginia Tech's civic engagement program, Hokies Vote, has successfully increased its student voting rate by roughly 25 percent through educational outreach, community dialogue events, and setting up a polling place on campus.

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  • Tackling the supply side of the EMS shortage

    May 18, 2022 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    To combat the EMS shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a collaboration between a college and emergency services department is working to train paramedics by providing students access to high-end facilities, instructors, and experiences. Similar programs have popped up around the country, specifically in rural areas where the EMS shortage is even more apparent.

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  • In Barcelona, a group of Roma people is fighting against poor representation in universities

    May 16, 2022 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Through admissions counseling, tutoring and fellowship, volunteer-based association CampusRom is helping get more Roma students into Spanish university classrooms — and stay there. In 2021, 75% of enrolled students passed their courses, many participants return as volunteers after finishing their studies, and the system has been adopted in other Spanish regions of the country as well.

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  • College works to tackle growing housing insecurity among students

    May 13, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    The Fainbarg Chase Thrive Center allocated about $20,000 in emergency grants to provide students with temporary housing in partnership with local hotels that also cover utility bills and down payments. So far, the Center has supported 13 students financially, the majority of which were in need of long-term housing support after experiencing homelessness.

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  • At these US colleges everyone works and there's no tuition

    May 06, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States

    Work colleges are providing an affordable path to obtaining degrees by requiring all students to work 15 hours a week in exchange for no tuition fees. The funding for the colleges comes from “a mixture of private donations, Pell Grants, and sustaining funding from hefty endowments.”

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