Darlene Earnest

Editor & Writer

Contributors/Darlene Earnest

Education

BA Journalism, Kent State University

Darlene Earnest is a copy editor for BestColleges. She has had an extensive editing career at several news organizations, including The Virginian-Pilot and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She also has completed programs for editors offered by the Dow Jones News Fund and the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.

Darlene has a BA in journalism from Kent State University.

Read Darlene's Latest Articles

National Louis University Receives $5 Million Grant for Early Childhood Education Training Institute

The institute will focus on training future teachers and conducting research in the early childhood education field.

April 12, 2024

Southern Illinois University Carbondale to Offer New Accelerated Graduate Programs, MBAs

The university will begin offering graduate education programs this August, including four different MBA programs.

April 10, 2024

Morehouse Receives $1.6M to Expand Prison Education Program

The federal funds will help Morehouse College add more classes to the program and grow its yearly capacity to 200 students.

April 9, 2024

Common App Sees More Students Applying to College This Year

A Common App study finds more first-generation, rural, and underrepresented students are applying to college than last year.

April 9, 2024

Biden Just Announced His New Student Debt Forgiveness Plan. It Could Help More Than 30M Borrowers.

The proposal would predominantly help those who owe more than they originally borrowed due to interest.

April 8, 2024

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