In the foothills of appalachia. [ church bells ] berea college only admits high performing low income students who have been excluded from our modern meritocracy. rich kids need not apply. you heard that right. berea will reject their applications. it doesn t want their money. this college is completely free. 98% of freshmen are pell grant recipients and come from families that earn an average of $28,000 a year. it s a radical ideology. these are some of the poorest kids in the country. had you heard of berea ahead of time? the president of berea, lyle rudolphs, please this is the key to its success. no student feels stigmatized because all come from the same economic context. all students are required to
Berea college only admits high performing low income students who have been excluded from our modern meritocracy. rich kids need not apply. you heard that right. berea will reject their applications. it doesn t want their money. this college is completely free. 98% of freshmen are pell grant recipients and come from families who earn an average of $28,000 a year. it s a radical ideology. these are some of the poorest kids in the country. had you heard of maria ahead of time? the president of berea, lyle rudolphs, believes this is one of the key ingredients to its success. no student feels stigmatized because all come from the same economic context. all students are required to work for the college at least ten hours a week.
Kids in the country. had you heard of maria ahead of time? the president of berea, lyle rudol rudolphs, please this is the key to its success. no student feels stigmatized because all come from the same economic context. all students are required to work for the college at least ten hours a week. i know some students who looked up free college and found berea. this sounds fake. i was just like, this is a catch. i thought it was a scam, there s no way. but there is awe w way. in 1855, the college was founded to provide education to students excluded from colleges, including women and freed slaves. how do they do it? it now has a $1.2 billion endowment. while ivy league schools still admit the children of wealthy donors and legacies largely for
Clarissa. reporter: good morning, victor and jessica. well, it is not easy moving forward for a country like the central african republic. aide workers tell us after yemen and syria this is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, and when it comes to hunger proportionate to the size of the population, it is the worst. take a look. it is the worst humanitarian crisis you have never heard of. half the people of the central african republic don t know where their next meal is coming from. nearly six years of vicious conflict involving muslim and christian militias have forced a million people from their homes. some of them sought shelter here in a sprawling overcrowded camp in the town of berea. there are 65,000 people now living in this camp. they came to escape the bloodshed of the different warring militias in this