Paul Quinn College Puts Students to Work and the Federal Government Is Taking Notice

Several years ago, leaders of Paul Quinn College rolled out a revolutionary plan to graduate more students from the small liberal arts school with less debt: They put them to work. As a work college, full-time residential students are placed in on- and off-campus jobs with companies such as Oncor and Omni Hotels. It's a mandatory part of their education. Now, the program has caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Education, which recently named it the ninth federally recognized work college in the country.   Continue reading...