News Archive: May, 2026

Applications are now open for the Native American Tuition Scholarship, a new program administered by the New Mexico Higher Education Department to provide full in-state tuition coverage to Native American students pursuing higher education in neighboring s

New Mexico achieved one of the largest year-over-year FAFSA completion increases in the country this year, joining just three other states to hit a 20% gain as national completion rates reached an all-time high.

Fifty New Mexico high school students learned about New Mexico registered apprenticeships and other postsecondary credentialing opportunities at the biannual Workforce Development Bus Tour during National Apprenticeship Week late last month.

New Mexico is expanding legal resources for some of the state’s most underserved communities, placing trained attorneys in acequias, land grant-merced communities and colonias across New Mexico.

More than 100 middle-school students from across the state gathered in Albuquerque to learn about college and career options in science, technology, engineering and math at the annual GEAR UP New Mexico and STEM Santa Fe Pathways Conference on April 15 and