“When we last spoke with Jaime Waldron earlier in April, she was a homeless college student worried about completing her online studies before graduation. Now, Waldron has officially graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in criminal justice. She recently spoke with NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green about her hopes for the future amidst…
College, in my past life, had been more of an obstacle than a path. 1966, 1967, 1970 were the last years of my previous attempts. College was just too demanding on my body, mind, and spirit; especially during those early personally chaotic years. Buffeted by depression and immersed in drug use, book learning just wasn’t…
“Earlier this month, the billionaire investor Robert Smith stunned many when he offered to pay off the student loans of the 2019 graduating class at the historically black Morehouse College. The average student debt is now $32,000. Nationwide, 44 million people owe nearly $1.5 trillion. Student debt is expected to increase to $2 trillion by…
“There are nearly 4 million undergraduate students who are raising children, representing 22 percent of all students attending U.S. colleges. Yet only about 8 percent of single mothers in college will obtain associate’s or bachelor’s degrees within six years, while half of the women without children finish their college programs in the same time frame….
Many high school students struggle with taking tests, which means that those who have high GPAs (grade point average) but end up with lower than hoped for SAT (scholastic assessment test) scores are limited in their ability to get into the college of their choice. Athena Amanatidis tells us that if more universities became test…
“More African Americans are heading to college these days but a new study finds that too many are in low earning majors. A study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce notes that African Americans who got Bachelor’s Degrees in STEM fields science, technology, engineering and mathematics can earn up to 50 percent…
As the Fall semester gets into full swing on college campuses throughout the region, current seniors are beginning to think about graduation and the job that will carry them forward into a lucrative career. However, in today’s economy, everyone believes there is no guarantee that scenario will play out. For low-income students, the challenges are…