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In late 2021, a coalition of some of the country’s top pediatricians declared the youth mental health crisis a national emergency — and it isn't going away any time soon.

Before Sheila Bedi starts her law school class, the Northwestern University professor’s nearly 20 students make last-minute touch-ups to their final presentations. Some look over their notes, while others chat with their neighbors. The first group goes to the front of the room, painted purple and white with graduation photos on the walls. They discuss mass incarceration, from its ties to ...

Before Sheila Bedi starts her law school class, the Northwestern University professor’s nearly 20 students make last-minute touch-ups to their final presentations. Some look over their notes, while others chat with their neighbors. The first group goes to the front of the room, painted purple and white with graduation photos on the walls. They discuss mass incarceration, from its ties to ...

Just over a decade ago, Nikhil Goyal was a disillusioned high school student growing up on Long Island. He found his classes boring and irrelevant....

Northwestern University, ranked as the ninth-best college or university in the country, maintains a 7 percent acceptance rate, making it one of the most competitive […]

Every semester since 2015, 50 to 60 incarcerated people at the Wallkill Correctional Facility in upstate New York have enrolled in college courses through NYU’s Prison Education Program, which helps them work toward an associate degree in Liberal Studies from the university. Last month, university president Linda Mills announced that students in the program will...

Northwestern University's Prison Education Program makes history as 16 incarcerated men earn bachelor's degrees, challenging perceptions and showcasing the transformative power of education. Continue reading to stay updated.

The inaugural cohort at Stateville prison are the first group of incarcerated students to graduate from a bachelors program at a top university.

Evanston, Illinois-based Northwestern, which U.S. News & World Report ranks ninth for national universities, runs the program in partnership with Oakton College and the Illinois Department of Corrections. It was a moving commencement ceremony for the 16 graduating men and their loved ones at the Stateville correctional facility in Crest Hill.

The Quad-Cities’ two private four-year institutions. Augustana and St. Ambrose are using strategies to rebuild enrollment from pre-COVID levels.