Wayfinding Academy is Featured for Initiative to Address Historic Inequality

The Wayfinding Academy is featured in "Portland college offers free tuition to Black and Native American students," with reporting by Meerah Powell and posted by Oregon Public Broadcasting on January 25, 2021. 

Powell interviewed founder and president, Michelle Jones, along with staff and students. There is also a short audio clip accompanying the article.

The Wayfinding Academy "...offers one degree: a two-year associate’s in “self and society” with a focus, Jones said, on helping students figure out what they want to do after college, and how to get there."

You can also learn more in a Small College Garden post from April 2, 2018, "Wayfinding Academy: New 2-Year College Featured on EdSurge."

TEDxSalem posted a segment by Michelle Jones, "How To Do College Better," where she shares her path to the founding of Wayfinding Academy.

Berea's Work College Mission Featured on CBS This Morning

Berea College and its work college model were featured yesterday on CBS in a video segment with reporting by Michelle Miller, "Kentucky college has stayed tuition-free for more than a century."  Miller's segment provides a good overview of Berea's mission and how the institution impacts the lives of the students it serves.

The College History Garden blog has a couple of posts where you can learn more about the history of Berea College:

• Saturday, October 29, 2016 Founder of Berea College inducted into National Abolition Hall of Fame
• Saturday, September 7, 2013 Videos on YouTube...Scripps College (CA) and Berea College (KY)

You can also review a number of earlier Small College Garden posts that feature work colleges:

• Saturday, December 15, 2018 Paul Quinn College and Michael Sorrell are Recognized
• Saturday, September 8, 2018 The Wendell Berry Farming Programs Enrolling Students Again
• Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Focus on Work Colleges: Lower Levels of Student Borrowing and Debt
• 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
• 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

Unity College: Positive Impact on Maine's Economy

The Writing Maine blog offers an interesting post, "Unity College helping reverse Maine's 'brain drain'" that expands on an August 19, 2016 news release from the institution.   The post notes that enrollment this fall will likely reach 700 students, setting a record for the third year in a row, and Unity intends to use this achievement as a springboard for honoring their alumni throughout the year.

Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, Unity's president, provides an overview of how the institution is positioning itself to serve as a model for preparing students to meet environmental and social challenges.  A link is also provided to a YouTube video with comments from earlier this year by Dr. Khoury explaining the important role of partnerships. 

You can also visit the Unity College website to see the initial news release or find out more information about the institution.

Aerial Tour of Waynesburg University

Waynesburg University posted a wonderful aerial tour that emphasizes the campus and its location with respect to the community of Waynesburg.  Place a url in a comment below if you know of other similar videos that show off a campus and the surrounding area in this way.

Waynesburg University was founded in 1849 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and enrolls just over 2,000 students.  The community of Waynesburg, PA is located 60 miles from Pittsburgh and has a population of 4,184.