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Tag: higher education

PublicSource's fall 2023 interns, clockwise from top left: Alina McMahon, Tanya Babbar, Erin Yudt and Amaya Lobato. (Photos by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inInside our Newsroom

Binge what the PublicSource interns are bingeing — and then watch them change Pittsburgh journalism

by Rich Lord September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Students and recent grads join PublicSource for a summer of reporting, fact-checking and data work in pursuit of a better Pittsburgh.

Students attending a workshop on writing college entrance essays learn about the admissions process from Fabian Cotten, an admissions counselor at the Pennsylvania State University. (Photo by Alexis Wary/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

With ‘affirmative action’ out, Pittsburgh college applicants ask: Does race have a place?

by Emma Folts September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Chatham University photographed on Sept. 26, 2022, in Shadyside. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inBREAKING NEWS

‘We were all blindsided’: Chatham University faces multimillion-dollar budget hole, lays off staff, cuts benefits

by Emma Folts September 11, 2023September 18, 2023
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg.
Posted inEDUCATION

Updated: With state funding in the balance, Pitt raises tuition by 2% for in-state families

by Emma Folts July 27, 2023July 30, 2023
Posted inPENCILS DOWN

Most community college students hope to transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree. CCAC students have better odds than others nationwide

by Emma Folts July 10, 2023July 12, 2023
Posted inBREAKING NEWS

Supreme Court strikes down race-conscious admissions practices, impacting Pitt, CMU, Duquesne

by Emma Folts June 29, 2023July 2, 2023
A University of Pittsburgh bus drops people off by the Cathedral of Learning on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

At Pitt, students with Pell Grants — geared to low-income households — are a relative rarity

by Emma Folts June 20, 2023July 10, 2023
A grid of portraits of this summer's PublicSource interns
Posted inInside our Newsroom

Intern inspirations range from Pride and Prejudice to Charlie Brown

by Rich Lord June 6, 2023June 5, 2023
Ciara Gordon, a University of Pittsburgh student with ambitions of being a pediatrician, sits for a portrait in a Pitt classroom on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Oakland. Gordon, originally from Homewood, received enough scholarships and grants to make her education at Pitt possible. She was involved in some of Pitt's advocacy efforts to maintain its in-state tuition discount last year. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

The high cost of higher ed: Pitt is one of the nation’s priciest public universities for local families

Betul Tuncer. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) by Emma Folts and Betul Tuncer June 5, 2023July 10, 2023
Photos of a prison via the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and messages via Robert Anthony and Matthew Slaughter, two people incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

Federal financial aid is returning to PA prisons. But getting a college degree inside won’t be easy.

by Emma Folts May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

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