Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentProgram to aid underrepresented workers is playing well in PeoriaJack Camp, 40, of Peoria, Ill., has faced higher barriers to education and employment than most. For one thing, he served more than 10…Mar 1Mar 1
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentMichigan programs give (college) credit — and assistance — where it’s dueJake Taber is a young man in a hurry. At 21, the Traverse City, Mich., resident has already built an impressive resumé as an IT…Feb 23Feb 23
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentGrant program gives California residents skills they can truly build onWhen Catiana Beaver, 22, thinks about her junior and senior years of high school, she remembers the question on everyone’s lips: “‘Where…Feb 16Feb 16
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentAt this South Dakota college, advising and teaching go hand in handWATERTOWN, S.D. — As a part-time bookkeeper and the mother of three young children, Audrey Urban was already spinning several piled-high…Aug 27, 2021Aug 27, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentAt Miami Dade, ‘appreciative advising’ means really listeningMIAMI — When Daniela Figueroa started at Miami Dade College, she felt utterly at sea. She had graduated from an area high school with a…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentAt Eastern Connecticut, ‘dual advising’ keeps students singularly focusedWILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Jean Rienzo, a state legislative aide and the mother of a 1-year-old, is among the rare “nontraditional” students at…Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentCultivating hope through education in the Hoosier hillsCOLUMBUS, Ind. — The landscape of southern Indiana often comes as a surprise to those who view the Hoosier state as a vast, flat expanse…May 21, 2021May 21, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentClemson program gives rural students ‘a way to rise above’ALLENDALE, S.C. — Cutting a swath through eastern South Carolina, hugging the contours of Interstate 95, is a string of neglected towns…May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentDown on the border, student success is no borderline issueMcALLEN, Texas — Hard on the Mexican border, stretching from Roma to Brownsville at Texas’s southernmost tip, the Rio Grande Valley takes…May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Susan HeaddeninToday's Students / Tomorrow's TalentBuilding a brighter future in ‘the other California’REDDING, Calif. — The far-northern counties of California are blessed with spectacular scenery and a singular vibe. From the coastal…Apr 30, 2021Apr 30, 2021
