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Yet “wearing the colors” goes above devotion to the family alma mater and beyond tradition. For the past seven years, Tom Newton also has served as one of the most revolutionary, successful, beloved principals in the history of the high school. ....
The Dougherty Family College at the University of St. Thomas, approaching its seventh year, provides low-income and underrepresented students with access and holistic support to earn a two-year degree. For low-income or underrepresented minority students, earning their associate or bachelor’s degree is key to economic mobility in the long term. At the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, administrators believe they have a responsibility to address the educational attainment gap, says Buffy Smith, dean of Dougherty Family College. “If the educational attainment gap is a structural problem, to solve or eliminate that educational attainment gap will require a structural solution.” ....