Archive for the 'Four-Year Pledge' Category

Mercer’s Four-Year Pledge Featured on CBSMoneywatch.com

Mercer’s Four-Year Graduation Pledge garnered national attention once again, with CBSMoneywatch.com featuring the University’s new program in a story Oct. 13 about colleges around the nation working to save students money in the current economic crisis.

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Associated Press: Mercer’s Four-Year Pledge Offers ‘Glimmer of Hope’ in Hard Times

A story from the Associated Press mentions Mercer’s new Four-Year Pledge as one of its bright spots in college financing during these tough economic times. The story was distributed on the wire service on March 18, and was immediately picked up nationwide, and by some of the biggest papers in the United States, including the Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Minneapolis Star Tribune.

To read the story from the Associated Press Web site, go>.

USA Today Adds to Coverage of Four-Year Pledge

USA Today, the country’s largest newspaper by circulation, included stories on Mercer’s new “Four-Year Pledge” on its Web site on Feb. 17 and in the print edition on Feb. 18.

To read the Feb. 17 story, go>.

To read the Feb. 18 story, go>.

Mercer’s New Four-Year Graduation Guarantee Earns Significant Media Attention in Region

Mercer’s new Four-Year Pledge for the incoming Macon undergraduates, which will begin in fall 2009, garnered regional and statewide coverage following the announcement on Feb. 16.

To read more about the Pledge, go>.

To read the story or watch video on 13 WMAZ in Macon, go>.

To read the story in the Macon Telegraph, go>.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle picked up the story and distributed it throughout the Bizjournals.com network. To read the Chronicle story, go>.

To read the Dalton Daily Citizen story, go>.

To read a blog post from Baptists Today editor John D. Pierce, go>.

The Associated Press also picked the story, distributing it to outlets throughout the South, including TV stations in Columbus, Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn., as well as the Atlanta Journal Constitution.