Funding will support students who delayed college due to pandemic By Milwaukee Public Schools - Jun 3rd, 2021 05:00 pm
MILWAUKEE (June 3, 2021) Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) have announced a $98,000 grant from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) to support 2020 and 2021 graduates in accessing and applying to higher education. Amid economic, health, and other impacts caused by the pandemic, students of color and students from low-income backgrounds have shown significant declines in pursuing college. The grant will support these students with enrollment and the transition to postsecondary education.
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A year after an EF-5 tornado blew through Joplin, Mo., then-President Barack Obama came to deliver the commencement speech for Joplin High School graduates, class of 2012. That ill wind has killed 162 people and injured more than 1,000. The rubble had been cleared, but the scars remained.
Joplin was not and still isn’t Obama country. It is solidly conservative, but people lined the highways to see the presidential motorcade pass.
When Obama took the stage at Missouri Southern State College, he told the graduates that the tornado had changed them, and that people will always remember how others responded after that wind blew their lives to smithereens.
Hoping to avoid more undergraduate enrollment dips, college counselors have hustled students through application cycles, cuing new urgency in completing forms for financial aid.
College-access groups are offering innovative ways to tackle the complex Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that most American students must complete to finance their college education. Approaches to overcoming barriers include drive-thru help, virtual guidance, hotlines, and incentives like gift cards and free meals.
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How is the pandemic altering equitable access to college? New initiatives strive to ensure that college-bound students aren’t held back by missing paperwork.
Less than half of the high school class of 2021 completed the FAFSA by April 23, a 6.1% drop compared with this time last year, according to the National College Attainment Network. Low-income and high-minority schools show larger declines in completion than other schools. Still, the gap is narrowin
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