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Everyone starts college with pretty much the same dream - to earn a degree and have a better life. But sometimes life gets in the way, and dreams get postponed. One institution, Wayne State University, has developed a program to help students who left with debt and no diploma come back and finish what they started. ...

New findings confirm suspicions about the top reasons many students considered dropping out of college over the last six months. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation report, "Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education," reveals about three in five undergraduates say emotional stress and mental health are the biggest reasons theyve considered quitting. Both far exceed such other factors as cost and course difficulty. ...

Two reports confirm a troubling trend in terms of Black students attending college. According to the University System of Georgia, enrollment among Black students dropped by 3.7% between 2021 and 2022. To reverse the decline, education experts are calling for early support measures to provide more guidance and opportunities. ...

Congressman André Carson, D-Indiana, is one of just three Muslims serving in the United States Congress.

The state of Indiana is working to improve its workforce through a collaborative effort that spans across the public, nonprofit, private and education sectors to meet evolving workforce needs.

Jon Rogers, Indiana's director of strategic workforce planning, describes the State Earn and Learn program, which recruits participants from diverse backgrounds to spend a year at the Office of Technology and learn on the job.

In 2022, leading states are breaking down information silos and assessing the data for more informed decision-making, and elevating efforts to keep all this data secure in a challenging cybersecurity environment.

The Mission41K movement is officially underway in the Hoosier state. TechPoint is a non-profit that focuses on growing Indiana's tech ecosystem.

INDIANAPOLIS—In the Navy, SEAL stands for Sea, Air and Land Team. In the Indiana Office of Technology, it stands for State Earn and Learn IT Program—and it is potentially award

The new State Earn and Learn partnership between Indianapolis Public Schools, Pepper Construction and the Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters will allow an Arsenal Technical High schooler an opportunity to earn an entry-level carpentry certification.