Tag: Scholarships: Page 39

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Georgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE Funding

Thousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.

March 21, 2011

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Georgia Democrats Counter Governor’s HOPE Plan

The plan would give full scholarships to most Georgians and keep pre-K as a full-day program.

March 2, 2011

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Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Faces Deep Cuts

College costs and enrollment are rising in the state, and the governor is proposing to cut back on the first-in-the-nation HOPE scholarship, reserving the free ride for those with at least a 3.7 GPA, up from 3.0, and a 1200 on the SAT.

February 24, 2011

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‘Extra Push’ Toward Diversity

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholarships boost diversity among second-career nursing students.

February 23, 2011

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U.S. Banker to Match Immigrants’ College Savings

The group promises that if families save $1,500 by the time a child graduates from high school, it will match that amount.

February 21, 2011

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During Howard University Visit, Michelle Obama Urges Students To Study Abroad

With Chinese leader Hu Jintao visiting Washington this week, First Lady Michelle Obama dropped by Howard University where she urged students to study abroad and help strengthen the U.S. presence in the global community.

January 19, 2011

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Tax-cut Deal Contains Higher Ed Benefits

The hotly debated tax deal negotiated by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans and approved by Congress has several little-recognized goodies for higher education, namely in the form of tax credits that help students and their families pay for college.

January 9, 2011

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Cities Take Up Challenge of Helping Increase College Completion Rates

Cities from Hammond, Ind., and New Haven, Conn., to Denver and Pittsburgh have launched city scholarship programs at a time when the U.S. has fallen from first to ninth place in the world in the proportion of young people with college degrees.

January 5, 2011

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Keeping Latino Religion Scholars Faithful to the Classroom

The Princeton Theological Seminary’s Hispanic Theological Initiative helps Latino doctoral students launch careers as religion scholars.

December 15, 2010

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Graduation Gap Between Black and White College Football Players Said To Be Growing

A sports diversity institute study says there is a “disturbing” and growing gap in the graduation rate between Black and White football players at the vast majority of universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

December 6, 2010

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NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs

The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.

December 2, 2010

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Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers

Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.

November 23, 2010