Beginning a Career Change: Internships & Adult Students
By Brittany Collins, Indiana Commission for Higher Education Internships can be an impactful experience to help individuals apply new knowledge, grow their skills, and most importantly break into a new industry. Typically, people assume an intern is a young adult currently in college or recently graduated with limited experience. That doesn’t have to be the […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Confianza, or Trust
By José Medina, Indiana Commission for Higher Education Growing up in a Mexican Family, “La Familia y educación son las cosas mas importante” (Family and education are the most important things) has been tattooed into my memory. Not only because my mother would repeat it every time I chose to go hang out with my friends […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Vecinas De Enlace in Bartholomew County
By Mayita Rising and Luz Elena Michel, Family and School Partners and the Community Education Coalition How would you feel if you moved to a place where you didn’t understand the language being spoken around you? Or where you weren’t familiar with the culture? And even everyday systems such as education were completely different? These […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Educational Equity & Padres Estrellas
By Greg Harrell, Indiana Commission for Higher Education It is no secret that Indiana’s population is becoming more diverse, and this shift is most apparent in Hoosier classrooms across the state. In fact, the percentage of non-white high school graduates has increased by 10 percent since 2007, according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education’s […]
It’s College GO! 2020!
By Shannon Elward, Indiana Commission for Higher Education Counselors, educators and teachers: THIS WEEK is College GO! kick-off week and College Application Week! Now is a great time to get your students – from kindergarteners through seniors – involved in thinking about college. If you’re looking for resources and activities to make your COLLEGE GO! […]