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In Indiana, a coalition launched Mirror Indy with a clear goal: build a newsroom that reflects and serves local communities and can sustain itself. One year in, this AJP-supported news org is doing both. Read more: theajp.org/free-press-ind…

Beyond pageviews: Small news nonprofits are developing their own metrics to measure impact niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyond…

One Cleveland State student told me she felt "disappointed, but not surprised" re: potential Pell Grant changes. “It’s just another display that they [lawmakers] don’t want working-class people in higher education,” she said. More here: signalcleveland.org/low-income-ohi…

Reupping this one we published late Friday:

New: Workforce officials recently learned that Jobs for America's Graduates, a successful dropout prevention program for at risk high schoolers, would not receive any state funding. That's an 85% cut from its 2024 budget. Read more here: mirrorindy.org/indiana-jag-jo…

I'm a graduate of a regional public university. Chances are, you (or someone you love!) are, too. These campuses educate 70% of Americans that attend a 4yr college. I can't wait to moderate this The City Club of CLE panel on RPUs next week! Pls join us / tune in: cityclub.org/forums/2025/06…

Love to see the Cleveland Documenters expanding their excellent work to include Tri-C board meetings! Here's the first installment: signalcleveland.org/cuyahoga-commu…

Howdy from Wisconsin!🐄 🧀Personal news: This week I moved across the country and Monday will be my first day Wisconsin Watch! Stoked to do some great work with this team. More on what I’ll be reporting on⬇️

I noticed a few prominent Ohio folks with GOP ties got added to several university boards last Friday. That was the same day #SB1 went into effect. One of the many things that new higher ed law does is give increased power to trustees. More here: signalcleveland.org/new-trustees-p…

Reupping this one today from -- 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 -- Oct. 2024 💅💅 signalcleveland.org/eastern-michig…

For decades, this program has helped low-income seniors learn new skills and make ends meet in retirement. But recently, Trump proposed cutting all the program's funding, leaving organizations waiting on Congress to decide its fate. mirrorindy.org/senior-communi…

Community coffee chats. Bilingual explainers. Shared reporters. AJP-supported organizations like Spotlight Delaware and Open Campus are rethinking what beat reporting can look like. Read more via Institute for Nonprofit News ⬇️ news.inn.org/how-nonprofit-…

Photos from protests of President Donald Trump's visit to Pittsburgh today as police blocked a road to Carnegie Mellon University, where he announced $92 billion in energy and AI investments in Pennsylvania. More from PublicSource : publicsource.org/trump-mccormic…

hello, it is i, your favorite higher ed x sports reporter™️ signalcleveland.org/cleveland-guar…

As midnight struck last night, about 10 students rolled a wooden fence in the glow of a red stoplight to Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh campus. They wheeled the fence to the CMU president’s office & rammed the pieces together with the butt of a pickaxe. publicsource.org/cmu-students-c…

“What’s on my mind right now is the impact that these campuses are going to feel as a result of some of the changes that are being either implemented or proposed,” - Chuck Welch tells Open Campus about the challenges facing rural institutions. Read: tinyurl.com/3kbthsvx

Just 51.7% of Indiana high school grads went to college in 2023, per Indiana Commission for Higher Education. This is the lowest rate since at least 2008, when the Commission started tracking how many HS students went on to higher ed. in.gov/che/college-go…

Six years later, has the Say Yes Cleveland scholarship program lived up to its promise? The promise came packaged with high expectations from the beginning. Let's talk about it 🧵

AJP-supported orgs are finalists across nine categories in Institute for Nonprofit News's 2025 Nonprofit News Awards, including Best Investigative Journalism, Community Champion, Breaking Barriers, and Startup of the Year. Full list ⬇️ news.inn.org/2025-nonprofit…

Six years later, has the Say Yes Cleveland scholarship program lived up to its promise?  A fair and thorough look from Amy Morona: signalcleveland.org/say-yes-clevel…