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Students, faculty and community members who responded to a West Virginia University Police Department campus community safety survey reported feeling unsafe or extremely unsafe the most in… Read more »

Lawmakers in West Virginia could take another look at addressing school discipline issues as education officials continue to look at new policies to reduce disparities and deal with issues caused… Read more »

Educational leaders have expressed concern about a legislative change to school discipline that makes it easier to suspend a student. 

After hearing about long wait times for appointments at campus counseling centers, student leaders in West Virginia got state support to offer peer mental health training. It’s one of many efforts… Read more »

West Virginia University has launched a new texting service that is aimed to reinforce safe choices regarding alcohol and to curb binge drinking among students.

Upshur County School officials are making sure students receive the mental health services and other resources they need during the COVID-19 pandemic with several programs.

Morgantown police said Friday that two high school students were hospitalized after overdosing on heroin-laced vape pens.

The College Foundation of West Virginia's (CFWV) program, Txt 4 Success, is attributing a 7 percent increase in first-year college retention to the timely reminders it sends to students.

In the case of Project AWARE, educators and mental-health professionals are collaborating to increase the awareness of emotional issues among school-aged youths and better serve student needs.

Raleigh County students skidded small boats across the gray, murky water at Little Beaver State Park Tuesday as part of one of the county’s first set of “Experimental Learning Days."

Ways to better equip educators across the state to ensure the best outcomes for their students were highlighted during the eighth annual Student Success Summit, held at the Morgantown Event Center… Read more »

Students in West Virginia will get more help connecting with employers.

The main goal of the bill is to cultivate a strong workforce in West Virginia by making education at community and technical colleges more accessible. West Virginia Public Broadcasting took a… Read more »

The Martinsburg Initiative will be implemented in schools citywide in a partnership between the Martinsburg Police Department, Berkeley County Schools, Shepherd University, and other community… Read more »

As colleges across the state kick off the fall semester, officials at the Higher Education Policy Commission are reminding students of the importance of earning at least 15 credit hours per… Read more »

Alcohol, drugs, and suicide are problems that all college campuses face. To help address and solve some of these daily issues, medical experts and students from across the state came together on… Read more »

In this week’s Inside Appalachia, we take a look at first generation college students.  We’ll hear about challenges that first generation college students are going through, and how some colleges… Read more »