Hiring managers often prefer nondegree credentials from top universities over credit-bearing certificates from for-profit institutions.
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UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced a breakthrough Tuesday about a potential drug to treat and prevent the COVID-19 virus.
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We were taken aback by an article that appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier on February 5, 2015 that misrepresented The Pittsburgh Promise.
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A few years ago, there was widespread discussion around Pittsburgh, about whether to lower the academic standards for high school athletes. The advocates of...
Though the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship can pay eligible students from the Pittsburgh Public School District up to $40,000 for in-state college or technical training,...
During what began as a typical day at Indiana State University (ISU) in Terre Haute, Jarod Jones experienced something he will never forget.
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Shauniqua Epps was accepted to three public colleges, but none gave her any aid. Increasingly, public universities have been shifting their aid away from the poor, leaving students like Epps with few options. (Andrew Renneisen for ProPublica) by Marian WangProPublica Shauniqua Epps was the sort of student that so many colleges say they want. She was a high achiever, graduating from high school with a 3.8 GPA and ranking among the top students in her class. She served as secretary, then president, of the student government. She played varsity basketball and softball. Her high-school guidance counselor, in a letter of recommendation, wrote that Epps was “an unusual young lady” with “both drive and determination.” Epps, 19, was also needy. Her family lives in subsidized housing in South Philadelphia, and her father died when she was in third grade. Her mother is on Social Security disability, which provides the family $698 a month, records show. Neither of her parents finished high school. Epps, who is African-American, made it her goal to be the first in her family to attend college. <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pixel.propublica.org/pixel.js" async="true"></script>
Prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite high test scores and access to higher education,...
