New York’s free college program misses underserved residents, report says
Dive Brief: Students enrolled at City University of New York (CUNY) colleges and the state’s community colleges aren’t benefiting from its highly touted free scholarship program, according to an analysis by think tank Center for an Urban Future (CUF). ...
Groups request $1.5B to help minority-serving colleges respond to coronavirus
Dive Brief: Groups representing historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are urging Congress to give these schools at least $1.5 billion in emergency aid to help them recover from financial losses sustained due to the...
Rural colleges take steps to weather coronavirus, but will it be enough?
A few weeks after the coronavirus was detected on American soil, one small liberal arts college in rural Appalachia made the call to cancel in-person instruction and ask students to leave campus. But rather than continue classes online, as many other colleges were...