Education

New federal research says colleges mislead students with confusing financial aid letters. The consequences can run from extra debt to quitting school.

The agreement ends a contentious process.

The nonprofit Recover Alaska identified a chronic shortage of social workers as a key issue behind the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths. 

Homelessness, food insecurity and debt are common problems for Indigenous students pursuing higher education, the first-of-its kind study found.

The approach begins with the premise that Indigenous people have expertise about their everyday lives and the institutions and policies that affect them.

The president has extended the student loan repayment pause into 2023. Biden said he wants to give lawsuits against debt cancellation time to play out, and the Supreme Court time to weigh in.

Neely taught English literature and was a community advocate for criminal justice reform through programs like the Flying University at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

Seventy percent of third through ninth graders were not proficient in English, while 77% were not proficient in math.

Instruction for the school’s roughly 200 students is happening online for the foreseeable future.

Chinonye Chukwu produced her first feature film in 2012 when she was a student at UAF.