ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 5月17日 02時02分

“A lot of times we feel like we’re a product of our environment,” said Shantil Jones. “But I just feel like we have to use the tools we have around us to create our own environment.” For decades, @georgiastateuniversity was seen as a rather unremarkable commuter school, “a night school for white businessmen,” as its spokeswoman put it recently. But in the last 5 years, it has awarded more bachelor degrees to black students than any other college or university in the U.S. By focusing on retaining low-income students, the college raised its graduation rate to 54% in 2017 from 32% in 2003. To prevent dropouts, #GeorgiaState has developed a series of linked programs meant to provide the kind of safety net for poor students that wealthier students usually get from their families. Shantil, 24, who was photographed here by @lnweatherspoon, was one of the first in her family to go to college. She worked up to 20 hours a week at part-time jobs, and her bus ride to campus took an hour. Her phone is still full of her adviser’s emails: “I checked your grades as soon as I got to work,” he wrote in May 2015. “Congratulations on an outstanding job. I am very proud of you.” After she walked across the stage during her commencement service last week, she couldn’t say what her long-term future might hold: Criminal justice is one of many interests. But she’s sure that good things will come. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

[BIHAKUEN]UVシールド(UVShield)

>> 飲む日焼け止め！「UVシールド」を購入する