Elissa Nadworny
Stories
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National
Students Are Moving Onto Campus — Can Colleges Pull It Off Without A COVID Disaster?
Students across the country are headed back to campus for fall classes. With the delta variant raging, there are questions around how colleges can pull this semester off.
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Education
Spring Numbers Show 'Dramatic' Drop In College Enrollment
Undergraduate college enrollment fell again this spring, down nearly 5% from a year ago. "It's really the end of a truly frightening year for higher education," one researcher says.
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National
Colorado Becomes First State To Ban Legacy College Admissions
Colorado has become the first state to do away legacy admissions in public colleges. The governor also ended a requirement that public colleges consider SAT or ACT scores for freshmen.
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National
'Dear Son': How A Mom's Letter Inspired A Graduation Speech — From Prison
A student who has been incarcerated for more than 10 years delivers a graduation speech about forgiveness, perseverance and making the most of a future he sees as rich with potential.
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National
Warren, Sanders Call For Expanding Food Aid To College Students
The Democratic Senators are introducing a bill that would make pandemic-related food benefits for college students permanent, and create grants for colleges to address hunger.
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Health
Pandemic Pomp and Circumstance: Graduation Looks Different This Year (Again)
Most of the class of 2020 experienced canceled or online-only graduation ceremonies, but this year many colleges are finding creative ways to celebrate their graduates in person.
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Education
Family Lore Fact-Check: Finding The Teen Muhammad Ali 'Boxed Along The Way'
For years, Miriam Colvin's grandfather told the story of a boxing match between a young Indiana farm boy and a 14-year-old kid from Kentucky — named Cassius Clay. But was the story true?
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Education
Competition With The Greatest: Podcast Winner Fact-Checked Family Lore
Every family has that story it tells a million times. For NPR's student Podcast Challenge winner Miriam Colvin, that story is of a family friend boxing against an unknown up-and-comer: Cassius Clay.
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Health
More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall
More campuses are expected to add the requirement, with potential legal challenges ahead. One key point: Requiring vaccines for infectious diseases is nothing new for many residential colleges.
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Education
Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: 'Without Us This Campus Shuts Down'
Colleges are leaning heavily on campus custodians. "You may not have seen us before the pandemic, but I guarantee you'll see us now," says Tanya Hughes, a campus building services head in Florida.