Chabot College in Hayward is partnering with a historically Black college in Alabama in order to expand educational opportunities, especially for Black students.

Chabot, a community college, now has an agreement with Miles College in Birmingham that “creates a guaranteed transfer pipeline from Chabot to Miles College and also includes a bridge scholarship,” Chabot officials said in a news release.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.