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Vonda Bailey didn’t need a long deliberation to issue her judgment about the negative stereotypes surrounding community colleges.  “I do not agree with the ‘stigma’ whatsoever,” she said. “And that’s why every time I speak about my…

Sandra Brown walked gingerly down a walkway to the side door of Decatur Correctional Center.She wore jeans and a hooded sweatshirt that said “The Reclamation Project,” and her hair was styled into a thick, high frohawk. Brown is tall, and…

Students who use Phood can check their balance via the startup's appPhood Phood allows students to order DoorDash using their university dining dollars. The startup already works with colleges including the University of Texas at Austin.…

Faculty diversity is positively associated with student success across a variety of metrics. Black and Latino students are more likely to graduate when they see themselves represented in their instructors, for instance. But the benefits of…

ALBANY, N.Y. — John King, the former New York education commissioner and U.S. education secretary, was named State University of New York chancellor Monday, taking over the largest public university system in the nation. King was…

Disclaimer: This story has been republished with permission from Entrepreneur.com. Jackie Summers, founder of Jack From Brooklyn, Inc. and its widely acclaimed Sorel Liqueur, knows what it takes to make a comeback. Summers says he was the…

Test-optional admission policies have resulted in increased application numbers and student diversity at many business schools, according to a recent report by the MBA Roundtable and Wiley. Jeff Bieganek“Test-Optional Admission Policies…

This past year didn’t feel normal, exactly, but compared with the last few trips around the sun, well—it sufficed. In 2021, when we sat down to write our annual edition of the research highlights, we were in the throes of postpandemic…

Arizona came closer to the important goal of separating education and state with the defeat of a ballot challenge to a recently adopted school-choice law. In June, the state legislature voted to allow education funding to be used for…

As the pandemic kicked in and much of the world went into lockdown, schools everywhere were forced to adapt. Much of the national media coverage made the result look like a total disaster:. Students everywhere set back; teachers burnt out;…