President Joe Biden may have tabled his bid for universal free community college, but states and municipalities are keeping the momentum going with new or expanded programs to cover tuition. 

At least seven tuition-free initiatives have publicly launched since November. Many state leaders are upping their investment in postsecondary education as a part of their economic strategy.

Colleges and universities have significantly increased their hiring of Black and Latino presidents since the renewed Black Lives Matter movement took hold in 2020. How meaningful is the increase—and will it last?

This week’s episode of The Key explores those questions and the underlying data with two national experts.

McDaniel College has a policy on legacy preferences in admissions, but it’s different from the norm.

It started its legacy program not with alumni children, but with educators’ children, in 2017. McDaniel gives $30,000 a year for four years to anyone whose parents work at a K-12 school or at a community college. In 2019, it added two other legacy programs for veterans/active-duty military and for alumni.