Goldey-Beacom College

Goldey-Beacom’s endowment helps it rank high for upward mobility

Jarek Rutz Education, Headlines

Goldey-Beacom College’s president says the school’s use of its endowment to commit to affordable tuition landed it in the top 20% of a think tank ranking of economic mobility for institutions of higher learning. The ranking comes from Washington D.C.’s center-left think tank Third Way.  It takes into consideration the amount of time it takes low-income students to recoup the …

DSU rises to No. 2 in public HCBUs in college ranking

DSU rises to No. 2 public HBCU in college rankings

Jarek Rutz Education, Headlines

  Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of the nation’s best public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Dover-based school also rose to No. 8 from No. 10 among all HBCUs. The ranking reflects DSU’s journey of progress, said DSU President Tony Allen. “We believe what we’re doing …

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Community Foundation offers thousands in college scholarships

Susan Monday Headlines

Barbara Kelly, left, heads the Kelly Family Scholarship Fund, which offers help to Caesar Rodney students, including Lena Berry, right.   As college kids decide where they’re going to school, their next focus is how they’re going to pay for it. The Delaware Community Foundation may be able to help. The foundation, a nonprofit that manages lots of small funds, …