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Tennessee Promise extends FAFSA deadline to May 31

By Alexis Marshall

May 13, 2024

Students who want to participate in Tennessee Promise need to submit their FAFSA by Wednesday, May 15.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, community college, Higher Education, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee Promise

Navigating College Decision Day

By Mary Mancini

April 3, 2024

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It’s spring, and for many high school seniors, it’s time to make one of the biggest decisions of their lives. It’s college decision season.

Filed Under: Education, Programs Tagged With: college

The future of affirmative action in Tennessee

By Magnolia McKay

June 21, 2023

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Today, we’ll talk to experts on law and affirmative action to unpack what a possible ruling from the Supreme Court might mean for college admissions, and the future of diversity on college campuses in Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: college, diversity

Vanderbilt and Metro Schools are teaming up to study inequities in college-level course offerings — and how to address them

By Alexis Marshall

June 13, 2023

A partnership between MNPS and Vanderbilt University will study disparities in access to career and college-level courses and research how to close the gaps.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, K-12, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Vanderbilt University

Undocumented and DACA students can’t get federal aid to go to college. Here’s how one Middle Tennessee student is grinding for a higher education.

By Alexis Marshall

October 11, 2022

Ana Lopez is a first-semester freshman at Cumberland University, something she wasn’t sure would ever happen — in part, because of her immigration status and the cost.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, college, Cumberland University, Fisk University, Lipscomb University, student debt, student loans, Trevecca Nazarene University

Tennessee colleges are struggling to graduate Black males. Here’s how one university is making strides.

By Damon Mitchell

September 6, 2022

A group of mostly Black males gathers for a photo in the multicultural affairs office at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. Some of them are new to college, and others are in their final years of completing a degree.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: college, Higher Education, Tennessee Tech University

Black males aren’t graduating with their peers from Tennessee colleges. What are the solutions?

By Damon Mitchell

May 6, 2022

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The six-year graduation rate for Black males at public colleges is at least 20 percentage points below the rates of their peers each year, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: APSU, Austin Peay State University, college, college graduation rate, East Tennessee State University, Higher Education, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Tech University, TSU, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee, UT

Biden’s latest student loan repayment pause grants temporary relief to Tennesseeans

By Juliana Kim

December 28, 2021

Tennessee students say they’re breathing a sigh of relief, since President Biden announced student loan repayment will be paused until May 2022.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, Higher Education, student loans

With New Pell Grant Rules, Thousands Of Tennessee Prisoners Could Access College Courses

By Samantha Max

January 7, 2021

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Jameel Spann was a junior year at Fisk University when he got arrested. Facing a 15-year prison sentence, he didn’t know if he’d ever graduate.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, college, prisons

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