Franklin College has been awarded a $1.36 million grant aimed at leveling the playing field for students who need it most.

Texas has long failed to get most of its students the higher education credentials the workforce increasingly demands. But ...

The value of a college education is increasingly scrutinized by a public weary of debt and questioning its real-world application. However, for many students from low-income backgrounds, a college ...

Still, economically disadvantaged school districts are less likely to see high numbers of students seeking those higher education opportunities. Nearly 60% of Texas students are classified as ...

A new resource from Public Agenda finds that colleges that prioritize family engagement, support systems and investments in ...

California should tax part-time homes valued over $1M to fund college prep programs for first-generation, low-income students who can't afford private college counseling.

GEO currently has eight schools with 4,500 students in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as two Indiana cities, Gary and ...

Mission High School graduating senior Mariana Aguilar, the daughter of working-class Colombian immigrants, had always wanted to make her parents proud by becoming one of the first in their family to ...

Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An attack on climate research and safety; the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- In public hearings, during Capitol floor debates and in rooms packed with their constituents, Texas lawmakers have pitched school vouchers as a tool that will primarily benefit ...

This semester — 20 months into a pandemic — first-generation and low-income international students are still calling on the University for more support while facing visa limitations, financial aid ...

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