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Fast Start: HBCU aims to expand access in partnership

Since 2017, the nonprofit Modern States Education Alliance has helped more than 280,000 students take free courses through edX to prepare for the College Level Examination Program from the College Board. An offshoot of the program, Modern States last year forged a partnership with Purdue University on a guaranteed admissions initiative called Fast Start for students who take courses, pass them and meet other criteria. That initiative is being expanded to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the first signed on last week: Morgan State University.