When students return to a North Dakota college this fall, some will be in a new nursing program. Leaders say not only will it help with workforce shortages, the approach could set easier career pathways. The University of Jamestown has announced a new degree offering focused on getting more bedside nurses out into regional hospitals and clinics. .
A Minnesota community college serving rural students is getting a lift as it works to bring more innovation to its campus. The school was selected as part of a national effort to ensure smaller institutions have the tools to thrive. Riverland Community College, with locations in greater southeastern Minnesota, was chosen for support from the Accelerating Equitable Outcomes initiative. .
For active-duty service members and veterans eyeing a college degree, the march to academic success just got easier. The University of North Carolina system now has a tool that simplifies the conversion of military expertise into university credits across 16 campuses. Bradley Wrenn, program manager for military and veterans education with UNC, described the system s Military Equivalency System as a way to streamline what used to be a rigorous process for people looking to find out how much of their military service translates to a college degree. .
Boston University s Prison Education Program is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and is hoping to expand. Students at Massachusetts Correctional Institution Norfolk and MCI Framingham are earning undergraduate certificates and Bachelor of Liberal Arts degrees, to reform their lives and find ways to give back to their communities upon release. Program Director Mary Ellen Mastrorilli said it offers hope for a better self, and her students are eager to learn. .