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The Flatirons behind a classroom building on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder Colorado.
From Chalkbeat Colorado College and career readiness
Colorado universities could soon admit more out-of-state students if they boost in-state aid
A bill would incentivize universities to enroll more in-state students who benefit from a Colorado merit aid program, in exchange for enrolling more out-of-state students who pay higher tuition.
By Jason Gonzales
 
woman speaks to people sitting at desks
From Chalkbeat Indiana Higher Education
To improve college scholarship program’s impact, Indiana might enroll students automatically
Legislation to auto-enroll eligible students in 21st Century Scholars would mean spending less time trying to enroll students and more time on their success, officials say.
By MJ Slaby
 
Flags of various colleges hang from the ceiling of a high school cafeteria as students sit at their tables.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Higher Education
A FAFSA requirement for Indiana students is one step closer to becoming law
High school seniors would have until April 15 to fill out the form or get a waiver. Advocates said the bill would make completing the form go from happenstance to a conscious decision.
By MJ Slaby
 
A young man, wearing a grey sweatshirt and blue jeans, walks down a path toward campus, the Denver skyline looming in the background.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Politics & Policy
Funding debate dashes hopes of creating a first generation-serving designation for Colorado colleges
Colorado lawmakers pulled the bill before it went to a vote on the House floor.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Colorado’s governor in a blue suit stands at a podium with a yellow sign surrounded by people.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Politics & Policy
Free college, $1,500 scholarships proposed for some in-demand fields
Colorado leaders want to offer two years of free college to students entering teaching, nursing, firefighting, and other professions struggling to find enough workers.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Colorado College’s Bernis Hall, a brick building with a front portico.
From Chalkbeat Colorado College and career readiness
Colorado College won’t participate in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Colorado College said the rankings go against the school’s values.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Students walk in a courtyard on a college campus with a skyline of skyscrapers in the background.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Colorado part-time instructors would qualify for student loan forgiveness. Is that enough?
Adjunct faculty want Colorado to someday address the low pay, no benefits, and little say they have in the classroom.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Flags of various colleges hang from the ceiling of a high school cafeteria as students sit at their tables.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Higher Education
Will higher FAFSA completion mean more Hoosier students go to college? Officials hope so
College Goal Sunday event offers in-person FAFSA help around Indiana.
By MJ Slaby
 
A building with purple sign for ASA college.
From Chalkbeat New York Higher Education
For scandal-plagued for-profit colleges, no state is more welcoming than New York
As ASA College prepares to shut its doors after years of controversy, New York continues to shell out tuition subsidies to for-profit colleges — at rates higher than any other state.
By Lilah Burke, New York Focus
 
A man in a cap and gown hugs another man in a gray T-shirt and beanie in a room while three people look on. Everyone is wearing masks.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Chalkbeat En Español
Presos de Colorado podrían ser liberados temprano si asisten a la universidad
Los datos muestran que los graduados tienen menos probabilidades de reincidir. Eso también significa menos costos para la sociedad.
By Jason Gonzales
 
A young man, wearing a grey hoodie, jeans, and a black mask, walks on college campus past the Auraria Library.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Colorado lawmakers want a designation for first generation serving colleges. What does that mean for students?
Students who are the first in their families to go to college face an uphill road. Would designating certain schools first-generation-serving institutions help them reach their goals?
By Jason Gonzales
 
Students wearing lab coats and safety equipment work in a college laboratory.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Chalkbeat En Español
Pensó que la universidad estaba fuera de su alcance. Aquí te contamos cómo lo logró.
El costo no tiene por qué ser un obstáculo para obtener un diploma en ciencias o ingeniería. La Colorado School of Mines está haciendo más para ayudar a los estudiantes de pocos ingresos a alcanzar sus sueños.
By Jason Gonzales
 
The Flatirons behind a classroom building on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder Colorado.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
CU Boulder gets kudos for reading courses, but state reviewers raise alarm about a speech professor
Students and faculty shared similar stories about the professor’s problematic behavior during a campus visit by state reviewers last fall.
By Ann Schimke
 
A man in a cap and gown hugs another man in a gray T-shirt and beanie in a room while three people look on. Everyone is wearing masks.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Incarcerated Coloradans would get an early release by getting college educated
A Colorado bill seeks to help people in prison get a college education.
By Jason Gonzales
 
A student with long blonde hair and black shoes sits at a desk in the foreground of a classroom with white boards, while three other students wearing masks sit at desks in the background.
Higher Education Higher Education
Community colleges see encouraging signs despite deep enrollment hole in new data
Even before the pandemic, community colleges were seeing declines in enrollments for older adults and recent high school graduates, despite growth in dually enrolled high school students.
By Julian Shen-Berro
 
College students sit at round tables in a large room with windows.
From Chalkbeat Colorado College and career readiness
Colorado’s higher education strategic plans wants better pathways to jobs for students, more support
Colorado’s new strategic plan wants higher education to pave the way for students to get good jobs that earn them better wages.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Lawmakers socially distance using the floor and balcony in the Indiana Senate chamber on Organization Day at the Indiana Statehouse in 2020.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Higher Education
‘The right thing to do:’ Indiana considers in-state tuition for students without legal U.S. residency
Similar proposals have been brought in past legislative sessions without success.
By Aleksandra Appleton
 
A student raises his hand in the classroom amongst other students sitting at their desks.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Colorado remains highly educated state despite a slight backslide
More Black and Hispanic Colorado residents hold a college degree even though the state as a whole lost some ground, according to a new report.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Three men sit at a desk in a classroom.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Politics & Policy
Digital literacy, high school diploma programs for adults who haven’t finished high school could get boost from two Colorado bills
Colorado bills would fund more adult education to produce more educated workers and train more people for hard-to-fill jobs.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Students wearing lab coats and safety equipment work in a college laboratory.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
How Colorado School of Mines plans to attract more low-income students
In 2020, the most recent data available, just 13.4% of the Colorado School of Mines’ 2020 freshman class had Pell Grants.
By Jason Gonzales
 
A room with floor-to-ceiling windows and students scattered at tables and chairs
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Colorado college and university leaders say state funding is falling behind despite recent increases
Colorado’s higher education leaders requested more money to help meet inflationary pressures and get students to graduation.
By Jason Gonzales
 
Two Black elementary students sit in a classroom with a white teacher.
From Chalkbeat Tennessee Diversity & Equity
Bill would curb ‘implicit bias’ training in Tennessee schools, universities
Democrats call the proposal ‘a step in the wrong direction’
By Marta W. Aldrich
 
Indiana House lawmakers mark the ceremonial start of session, Organization Day, on Nov. 22, 2022.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Higher Education
Here’s how Indiana Republicans plan to make good on their promise to ‘reinvent’ high school
The bill would establish savings accounts for vocational training, and require high schools to hold career fairs.
By Aleksandra Appleton
 
The front of a brick building that reads “BMCC” with windows underneath.
From Chalkbeat New York Higher Education
‘Remedial’ classes are now a thing of the past at CUNY. Here’s why.
CUNY reached a major milestone in the fall, when the city’s university system phased out the last of its non-credit-bearing remedial classes at its community colleges.
By Michael Elsen-Rooney
 
A woman in a red shirt and black blazer stares ahead.
From Chalkbeat New York Politics & Policy
Hochul’s education agenda: student mental health, high-dosage tutoring, college access
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposals showed a deeper commitment to addressing how the pandemic impacted students both academically and mentally.
By Reema Amin
 
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker smiling
From Chalkbeat Chicago Early Childhood Education
Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker promises preschool expansion, free college tuition for working families in second term
In his inauguration speech, the governor said he would make college tuition free for working-class families and expand preschool to all Illinois families.
By Becky Vevea
 
A teacher helps a student wearing a red top with a math problem.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Politics & Policy
Gov. Jared Polis revised budget would train more workers and help students learn math
Polis proposes in 2023-24 providing free training for jobs in education, health care, and construction trades.
By Jason Gonzales
 
A group of kindergarten children at a graduation ceremony, the girls wearing pastel-colored princess dresses.
From Chalkbeat New York Higher Education
NYC gives $100 in college funds to all kindergartners: Here’s how to get or give more money
Kindergarten families can activate their NYC Scholarship Accounts in January. Here’s how to grow the $100 seed money and how communities can raise more money to help kids go to college.
By Amy Zimmer
 
A young man, wearing a grey sweatshirt and blue jeans, walks down a path toward campus, the Denver skyline looming in the background.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Higher Education
Beyond High School: Tips from college graduates who took the scenic route
Get stories like this one about Colorado students’ paths to postsecondary success delivered to your inbox monthly.
By Jason Gonzales
 
A view of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver.
From Chalkbeat Colorado Politics & Policy
Colorado’s 2023 legislative session: Lawmakers to tackle math, school accountability
Education issues the Colorado legislature may address in 2023 include youth mental health, school safety, and teacher shortages.
By Erica Meltzer and Jason Gonzales
 
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