Berea College President Cheryl L. Nixon and Mayor Bruce Fraley signed the agreements during Tuesday’s Berea City Council meeting, extending the contracts that date back to 1999 and 1972 ...

The college welcomed nearly 500 first-year students and their new president. “Any start of any academic year is so exciting,” said Dr. Cheryl Nixon, president of Berea College.

Berea College is a private liberal arts work college. Founded in 1855, it was the first college in the Southern U.S. to welcome all genders and races. It maintained integration ...

In a country where the rise of college tuition is making the pursuit of higher education increasingly exclusive, it seems far-fetched that a private college could be tuition-free. But Berea College, a ...