by Vanessa Stevens | Oct 26, 2017 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success, Higher Education Alliance
College Application Week is October 30-November 3, 2017, at high schools all over Alabama. College Application Week is a program of the Alabama State Department of Education and aims to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students who pursue...
by Alabama Possible | Oct 24, 2017 | College Success, Engaged Learning, Higher Education Alliance, Jobs
Internships are a hot topic on both college campuses and in employers’ offices. Students have the chance to put classroom learning to use in real-life scenarios, and employers – private, public, and nonprofit – can build a talent pipeline. On Friday,...
by Alabama Possible | Jun 19, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, Engaged Learning, Higher Education Alliance, Uncategorized
At the second annual Cash for College Alabama celebration at Trenholm State Community College on June 8, educators from around the state gathered to celebrate creating a college-going culture in Alabama. Willietta Ellis Connor, education specialist at the Alabama...
by Alabama Possible | Mar 28, 2017 | College Success, food security, Higher Education Alliance
By April Davis, AmeriCorpsVISTA Hunger is not a rite of passage. Yet nearly half of college students face the risk of hunger, according to the study Hunger on Campus. “These students are not the archetypical ‘poor college student,’ who spend too much...
