purpose
May 18, 2021 6:43 am
How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history
In 2020, guest columnist Adam Clulow asked four undergraduate history majors to design a fully functional video game with a clear educational payoff. Now he believes the experience offers a template for transforming the humanities classroom.
funding
May 11, 2021 2:58 pm
Brook J. Lenfest Foundation partners with nonprofits to help former foster kids go to college
“It’s estimated that only 3% of former foster youth who enroll in college will graduate. Through this program, we hope to significantly increase that percentage," said Pedro Ramos of the Philadelphia Foundation, which will administer the grants.
purpose
May 3, 2021 11:13 am
How to tell if your college is trans-inclusive
Here are a few key concrete things that trans students — as well as educational counselors and colleges themselves — can look at in gauging whether a college is trans affirming.
purpose
Feb. 19, 2021 9:04 am
Life Science Cares Philadelphia and Philadelphia Futures connect low-income, first-gen students to opportunity
For its first cohort in summer 2021, their Project Onramp aims to place 25 to 30 interns with local companies in paid, life sciences internships.
purpose
Feb. 12, 2021 10:02 am
COVID-19 shows why it’s time to finally end unpaid college internships
Based on current conditions. guest columnists Matthew Hora and Mindi Thompson contend that the very notion of unpaid work is indefensible. They propose three ways to make paid internships more plentiful and available to all students.
purpose
Jan. 13, 2021 12:00 pm
FAFSA is being simplified. Here’s what you need to know about the changes to come
The good news is that it will go from having 108 questions to 36 questions. The not-so-good news is that this simplified form will not be available to students until October 2022.
purpose
Jul. 9, 2020 3:30 pm
Motivadas y ambiciosas: Estas estudiantes de Kensington Health Sciences Academy están listas para el futuro
Gracias a un nuevo programa de inscripción doble (“dual enrollment”) en el norte de Filadelfia, dos estudiantes están aprendiendo lo necesario para estar listas para ir a la universidad.
purpose
Jul. 9, 2020 12:30 pm
Driven and ambitious: Kensington Health Sciences Academy students ready themselves for the future
As a part of a new dual enrollment program in eastern North Philadelphia, two students learned what it takes to make it to college.
purpose
Jun. 15, 2020 7:00 pm
La educación puede ayudar a romper el ciclo de pobreza en El Barrio
Un programa educacional nuevo en Congreso de Latinos Unidos y Penn State Abington no es únicamente un modo de preparar a los estudiantes para la universidad.
purpose
Jun. 15, 2020 10:48 am
Breaking the cycle of poverty in El Barrio with education
In order to lift students up, Congreso de Latinos Unidos and Penn State Abington try to address more than just college preparedness.