When Nichole Butler-Mooyoung was a freshman at the University of Miami in the late 1980s, she visited friends at Howard University in Washington, D.C., for one of Howard’s legendary homecomings. By the next year, she had transferred to the renowned historically Black school.

Her experience is one that an increasing number of people want to share today. After years of decline, there has been a dramatic recent increase in applications to Historically Black Colleges and Universities—up 30 percent at some schools.

Photo: Eli Imadali

Under a bill proposed this year, Colorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the first in their families to go to college. 

The largely symbolic bill has fed a bigger debate about how Colorado funds its public colleges. It's also spurring a conversation about what first-generation students need to be successful.

COVID-19 has placed unprecedented demands on frontline healthcare workers, including pharmacists.

Pharmacy schools are preparing students who can address healthcare needs and help people live healthier lives. While the traditional community pharmacy still exists, the role of the pharmacist involves more than simply processing prescriptions.