Entries in On Campus by Mallory Noe-Payne

Standardized tests, like the SAT or ACT, still play a large role in the college admissions process. Increasingly, however, remaining competitive in the big business is requiring hard work. 

New York is looking to reach out to a population that doesn't often come to mind when talking about increasing access to higher education -- prison inmates.

Earlier this month, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an initiative to provide college classes to those incarcerated in his state's prisons. The plan would offer classes in 10 different prisons and inmates could receive an associate or a bachelor's degree in two and a half, to three years time.