Tag: Scholarships: Page 53

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DePaul Bridge Program Allows Adult-learners To Transition from Chicago City Colleges

Like many community college students, Diane Bonner, 61, works full time and has a family. So when she took an extended break from school to take care of family issues, she received a phone call.

March 26, 2008

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Maricopa County Community College District Weighs Tuition Hike

Students attending classes in the Maricopa County Community College District will likely be looking at higher tuition rates.

March 19, 2008

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Training Young Leaders to Effect Change Abroad

Despite language barriers and culture clashes, international students participate in U.S. program to help native countries.

March 19, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Ala.) has received a donation of $1.8 MILLION from the late Josephine Powell of Decatur, Ala. The gift is the largest one-time monetary donation in the school’s 60-year history, and the funds will be used for Calhoun’s current capital campaign and to create new scholarships. The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has […]

March 19, 2008

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Michigan Universities Asked To Help Foster Youth With Financial Aid

This June, when foster youth in Michigan graduate from high school and apply for federal higher education funds, they’ll find that money is painfully tight.

March 11, 2008

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Providing a ‘Full Circle of Support’

With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.

March 4, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND has received a $50,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for student scholarship through the AICF’s Tribal College Program. The monies will benefit tribal college students studying math, science, technology and business. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has received an eight-year, $24 MILLION grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to […]

March 3, 2008

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Celebrating Black History Month

Numerous two-year and four-year colleges are hosting Black History Month events across the nation.

February 13, 2008

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Mexican-American Helps Minnesota Minorities Win Chance at College

MINNEAPOLIS Back in Elgin, Ill., Jennifer Godinez’s childhood home was a popular gathering spot for the neighborhood kids.

January 30, 2008

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Scholarship Deadlines Approach

Three opportunities to apply for scholarships or fellowships with impending deadlines were recently announced for Hispanic students.

January 21, 2008

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GOP Bill Would Deny Undocumented Students Admission To S.C. Public Colleges

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — House Republican leaders unveiled an immigration reform plan Monday that would bill the federal government for the cost of detaining illegal immigrants and prevent illegals from attending any public college.

January 17, 2008

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UNCF Adopts New Brand Identity, Without the Word ‘Negro’

In its new logo unveiled today, the United Negro College Fund has dropped its full name, opting to go as UNCF as part of a branding strategy that conveys the organization as a contemporary and progressive advocate of Blacks in higher education while also maintaining its heritage.

January 16, 2008