Bennett Leckrone

Contributing Writer

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Education

BS Journalism, Ohio University

Bennett Leckrone is a news writer for BestColleges. Before joining BestColleges, Leckrone reported on state politics with the nonprofit news outlet Maryland Matters as a Report for America fellow. He previously interned for The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, PennLive.com, and the Troy Daily News.

Leckrone holds a bachelor of science in journalism from Ohio University.

Read Bennett's Latest Articles

Community Colleges Help Students With Soaring Gas Prices

Schools are shifting to limited remote learning and tapping COVID-19 relief funds to ensure students can get to class.

June 28, 2022

Settlement Would Cancel Student Loans for 200K Defrauded Borrowers

More than $6 billion in federal student loan debt would be erased by the proposed settlement agreed to by the Department of Education.

September 29, 2023

Higher Ed Advocates to Congress: Fund Community College Career-Training Programs

A coalition of community college leaders and advocates asked lawmakers to approve funding levels proposed in the Biden administration's budget.

June 21, 2022

Report: $73 Million in Pandemic Relief Mistakenly Awarded to Colleges

The 25 duplicate awards represent less than 0.1% of the more than 30,000 HEERF grants colleges received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 20, 2022

Virginia Tech Creates Scholarship to Offset Tuition Increase

Virginia Tech officials raised tuition by 3% but also approved a scholarship for in-state undergraduate students to offset that additional cost.

June 17, 2022

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