The PBS Newshour posted, "Century-old 'work college' model regains popularity as student debt grows," on September 1, 2017, written by Timothy Pratt of The Hechinger Report. He interviewed students and staff at several of the institutions and offers a picture of what it is like to attend the work colleges and administer the programs. Pratt's primary focus is on the fact that work college students depend less on borrowing to finance their education and graduate with lower levels of student debt.
Pratt notes there have historically been seven institutions designated as work colleges and all are small institutions with enrollments under 2,000 students. Paul Quinn College (TX) and Bethany Global University (MN) have just joined, raising the number of work colleges by two. Silver Lake College (WI) is currently seeking the designation and hopes to do so next year.
Warren Wilson College (NC) and Berea College (KY) are also highlighted in the post.
You can review several previous posts on the Small College Garden that feature Work Colleges:
- Monday, March 27, 2017, Paul Quinn College: 1st HBCU and 1st urban institution to receive 'Work College' Designation
- Friday, September 16, 2016, PBS Series Features Paul Quinn College this Week
- Tuesday, August 30, 2016, Paul Quinn College and Michael Sorrell are featured in Washington Monthly
- Thursday, August 25, 2016, Spotlight on Sterling College as a model Work College
- Friday, August 28, 2015, Blackburn College & College of the Ozarks Highlighted as Work Colleges
- Wednesday, July 1, 2015, Weaving Program at Berry College Featured
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