Ball State University runs a number of summer bridge programs to smooth the transition for incoming first-year students. One of them, Jump Start, is a five-year-old initiative designed to help ...

SARANAC LAKE — A year of college for no more than $750? With some universities seeing their total cost of attendance creep up toward the six figures, $750 almost seems too good to be true. But it ...

The Model United Nations (MUN) program at Alma College, working in conjunction with AccessMCA — an enterprise affiliated with the nonprofit Michigan Colleges Alliance — is acting as a diplomatic ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (July 21, 2023) – This summer two of Santa Barbara City College’s innovative programs welcomed local ...

Federally funded TRIO programs, which help low-income and first-generation college students, are facing funding delays and potential elimination. Local agencies and universities in the Coastal Bend ...

Students who head off to four-year universities often struggle during their freshman terms. They just aren’t ready for the challenges of self-discipline, self-reliance, new environments and demands of ...

College wasn’t really on Jordy Malmaceda’s radar when he was in high school. That’s until a representative from Salt Lake Community College visiting his school talked to him about SLCC’s free summer ...

When education funding shrinks, local nonprofits step in—offering tutoring, meals and mentorship to keep students on track ...

An article in some Aug. 1 editions about a welfare-to-work program at the University of the District of Columbia incorrectly said that program participant Victoria Franklin formerly worked at ...