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American Indian College Fund Full Circle Scholarship Now Open

The American Indian College Fund’s signature scholarship program, The Full Circle Scholarship, which supports Native American college students, is now accepting applications for 2019-2020 recipients. The American Indian College Fund donates millions of dollars to thousands of Native American students pursuing degrees in higher education each year. One percent of college students around the country […]

January 25, 2019

Students

BNY Mellon Donates $1M Grant to CUNY to Support Low-Income Students

The City University of New York (CUNY) has recently received a $1 million grant from the BNY Mellon Foundation to support academically driven, low-income students and increase graduation rates. The BNY Mellon three-year grant, named the BNY Mellon Foundation Transfer Scholarship, will support 330 juniors and seniors at a CUNY senior college who are on […]

January 25, 2019

Sports

Black Student Athletes Sue Community College District After Cutting Football Program

Eleven African-American student athletes have filed a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Community College (MCCC) District after the school decided to cut the JUCO football program after the 2018 season. The MCCC District, the largest community college system in Arizona, made the announcement in February 2018 citing the systems need to refocus their spending […]

January 10, 2019

Military

Report Examines Improving Higher Ed Access for Veterans

A new report outlines ways to increase the number of military veterans attending the most selective institutions in the U.S.

January 10, 2019

Students

New Legislation Offers Free College Tuition to Residents of U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands has passed legislation that requires college tuition be free for U.S. Virgin Islands students who plan on attending the University of the Virgin Islands.

January 8, 2019

News Roundup

Report: OSU Makes Strides in Achieving College Affordability

The Ohio State University (OSU) has made strides in making college education more affordable for its students, according to a new report from the Ohio chancellor of higher education. Public colleges and universities in Ohio have saved a combined $320 million in institutional funding in the 2018 fiscal year, and approximately $179 million of that […]

December 28, 2018

Students

American Talent Initiative Makes Strides in Improving Opportunities for Lower-Income Students

A nationwide alliance of high-graduation-rate colleges and universities has made significant progress in improving opportunities for low- and moderate-income students, according to a new report by the American Talent Initiative (ATI).

December 19, 2018

Students

Winners of 2018 Cooke Graduate Scholarship and International Award Announced

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) recently announced that 82 students who have started their graduate education at elite institutions in the U.K. and the U.S. were named recipients of the 2018 Cooke Graduate Scholarship and Cooke International Awards. The non-profit foundation has a history of supporting students who need financial assistance to help pay […]

December 19, 2018

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Brief Offers Policy Recommendations to Address Unmet Financial Need

A new brief from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) finds that nearly three in four students experience unmet need, making this problem around college affordability a nearly “universal phenomenon” among today’s students.

December 10, 2018

Students

Grant Will Provide Low-Income Central Piedmont Students With Laptops

With a $875,000 grant from the Gambrell Foundation of Charlotte, as many as 700 first-year, full-time students at Central Piedmont Community College will receive laptop computers, and approximately 3,500 students will receive laptops throughout the grant’s five-year period. Central Piedmont and the Gambrell Foundation have partnered in order to tackle the divide that makes it […]

December 7, 2018

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Report Proposes Recommendations to Assist Adult Students

In an effort to close the degree attainment gap among adults aged 25-64 in California, the organization California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy has outlined five strategies that will create pathways for adults to earn their college degree and simultaneously fuel the state’s economy.

December 5, 2018

News Roundup

Legislation Would Provide 2 Years of Free Community College

California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, who represents the 53rd District in Los Angeles, introduced legislation this week that would provide students with two free years of community college. The legislation, called AB 2, would waive tuition for two years for first-time community college students enrolled full-time, according to ABC7. “Every student that comes through a […]

December 5, 2018