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Profs & Pints democritizes access to education

Shane Rene, Managing Editor

June 3, 2019

From climate science deniers to anti-vaxxers to flat-earthers, refusing to trust the world’s leading scientists and scholars is more popular than ever before. And if you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that this way of thinking has become a political necessity for some of the most...

Tags: higher education, Profs and Pints

Graduate students fight university for health insurance

Benjamin Conboy, News Editor

January 22, 2018

Ph.D. students are fighting the university administration over access to health care, claiming the workload of teaching classes should warrant providing them equal benefits as other professors. University of Chicago, Northwestern University and Loyola University all provide full health coverage for th...

Tags: budget, health care, higher education

Faces of MAP: Granting opportunities to students in Illinois

Danielle Church

January 25, 2015

Betzaira Herrera’s mother only received a sixth grade education in Mexico. In order to have a better life, she journeyed to the United States despite not speaking any English. A year later, Herrera’s mother gave birth to her and because of the lifestyle her mother had, she was raised with the idea that “education is the key to succes...

Tags: feature, financial aid, higher education, Illinois, MAP grants, Monetary Award Program

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