EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY DIVISION OF ASCENDIUM EDUCATION GROUP
Four local newsrooms have been selected for the inaugural Open Campus story partnerships. These collaborations encourage in-depth reporting focused on higher education.
The newsrooms are: Arizona Luminaria, Montana Free Press, the Salt Lake Tribune, and The Assembly in North Carolina. The newsrooms’ story pitches were selected from a pool of more than 20 applicants. The projects focus on workforce challenges in rural America, adult education, and barriers to college readiness and access.
In the partnerships, Open Campus awards newsrooms up to $10,000 to report an ambitious, local higher ed story. Open Campus editors collaborate with the teams behind the chosen projects, offering higher education expertise, data analysis, and editing support.
The initiative aims to deepen local coverage of higher education around the country, particularly in rural areas. The partnerships expand on the existing Open Campus Local Network, which already supports dedicated reporters on the higher-ed beat in 12 markets.
Read the full article at Open Campus.
Ascendium’s education philanthropy grant program operates within Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc., a member company of Ascendium Education Group, Inc. & Affiliates. Ascendium Education Group has helped millions of learners pursue postsecondary education since 1967, when it was formed to help fulfill the promise of the landmark Higher Education Act of 1965. Over the years, Ascendium has grown to become not only the nation's largest federal student loan guarantor, but also one of the most active postsecondary education philanthropies.
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