{"id":28992,"date":"2025-12-12T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28992"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:25:11","slug":"marshall-extends-direct-admit-program-to-jackson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/marshall-extends-direct-admit-program-to-jackson-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall extends Direct Admit program to Jackson County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University announced today that it has expanded its Direct Admit program to Jackson County, West Virginia, welcoming a new group of students into the initiative designed to reduce barriers to higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson County becomes the ninth school district to join the growing Direct Admit effort, which simplifies the path to college by eliminating traditional admissions hurdles such as applications and associated fees. Through this program, qualified students are automatically admitted to Marshall University, streamlining their transition from high school to college.<\/p>\n<p>With this expansion, Ripley High School and Ravenswood High School students are now eligible to participate and benefit from early, direct access to higher education opportunities at Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson County Schools Superintendent William P. Hosaflook said he was excited about the new partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely pleased to join Marshall University in this important initiative,\u201d Hosaflook said. \u201cThe Direct Admit program aligns perfectly with our commitment to ensuring that every student has access to postsecondary opportunities. This partnership removes barriers and opens new doors for our graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall University officials say the expansion reflects the institution\u2019s ongoing dedication to improving college access for students across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Ross is Marshall&#8217;s chief enrollment officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cMarshall University is committed to opening doors for students across West Virginia,\u201d Ross said. \u201cBy bringing Jackson County Schools into the Direct Admit program, we\u2019re not only simplifying the admissions process \u2014 we\u2019re strengthening the bridge between high school and college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Marshall University\u2019s Direct Admit program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/marshall-direct\/\">www.marshall.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University announced today that it has expanded its Direct Admit program to Jackson County, West Virginia, welcoming a new group of students into the initiative designed to reduce barriers to higher education. Jackson County becomes the ninth school district to join the growing Direct Admit effort, which simplifies the path to college by eliminating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28995,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28992\/revisions\/28995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}