Indigenous college students face many obstacles in higher education, including overwhelming costs and not feeling culturally connected on campus. Those behind a Wisconsin project say another barrier is not having support in seeking financial aid. The University of Wisconsin-Madison s Student Success Through Applied Research Lab is using a $500,000 foundational grant to create a "one-stop-shop" for Indigenous students to find scholarship programs and other forms of financial relief specifically geared to them. .
By Max Lubbers for Chalkbeat Chicago.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Illinois News Service reporting for the Chalkbeat Chicago-Public News Service Collaboration Jason Marks, 48, said he remembers sitting in a prison cell and thinking to himself: "Is this it? Am I going to die in prison?" He wanted the answer to be no. But Marks had been in and out of the criminal justice system since his youth - and he didn t know how to break that cycle. "I was running in a hamster wheel, watching everybody in the world," he said about a week after his release from prison. " .
A community college in rural Iowa is at the forefront of providing training for critical "green energy" jobs. Wind energy is among the fastest-growing employment fields in the country. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wind turbine technicians will be the second-fastest growing occupation in the country by 2031, and up 44% in the next decade. .
Mississippians are working on their monthly budgets as the pause for federal student-loan payments comes to an end, and the pressure of another monthly expense begins. The repayment process starts in October for more than 400,000 borrowers in the Magnolia State and 40 million throughout the country. Brian Walsh, certified financial planner and manager of financial planning for SoFi, said interest will resume starting Sept. .