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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., There was a clear strategic fit.

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Statehouses support foster youth with college

Inside Higher Ed

” Some recent efforts to help these students have involved increased funding in the form of state grants for foster youth attending college. Minnesota lawmakers in 2021 created the state’s Fostering Independence Grant to cover the full cost of attendance, which includes room and board, books and supplies, and other expenses.

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