Tag: Scholarships: Page 58

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Arkansas appears before NCAA board over track violations

LITTLE ROCK The University of Arkansas has appeared before the NCAA infractions committee to answer allegations levied against its storied track and field program after a former assistant coach was convicted last year of embezzlement, the university said Tuesday.

August 13, 2007

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Kalamazoo Promise grads’ first year of college started slow, got better

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press is following the college careers of two members of Kalamazoo Public Schools’ class of 2006. Stephanie Butler and Alex Plair II were among the first recipients of scholarships provided by The Kalamazoo Promise, an anonymously funded free-tuition program for graduates of the school district beginning that year. This is the second in a series of annual stories about Butler and Plair, whom the AP first profiled as their high school careers ended.

August 12, 2007

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Hillsdale College replaces state scholarship aid with private funds

HILLSDALE Mich. Hillsdale College, a private liberal arts school in southern Michigan, announced Monday it will no longer accept state taxpayer money for student scholarships and financial aid.

August 12, 2007

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South Portland to provide postsecondary scholarships

SOUTH PORTLAND Maine A community group wants to help South Portland High School graduates to continue their education and will put up money to get the job done.

August 12, 2007

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Student loan holders sue to block college building plan

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. A lawsuit by student loan holders seeks to block Gov. Matt Blunt’s $350 million plan to finance college construction projects by taking money from the state’s student loan authority.

August 12, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Community College of Baltimore County has received a $295,328 grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to fund an online course aimed at increasing the number of nurses in the state. The new course, which helps paramedics transition into the nursing program, is expected to produce 40 nursing graduates in 2009 and 64 in […]

August 8, 2007

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NCC will offer tech scholarships to lure women, minorities

BETHLEHEM Pa. Northampton Community College will start offering scholarships to lure low-income, minority and women students who are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

August 6, 2007

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Adults with low educational skills hamper W.Va. economy

CHARLESTON W.Va. Experts in economics, education and welfare agree: a key to improving West Virginia’s long-struggling economy is developing the state’s “human capital.”

July 28, 2007

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Most 2006-07 Kalamazoo Promise students get scholarship renewal

KALAMAZOO Mich. About 80 percent of students who received college scholarships under The Kalamazoo Promise program in 2006-07 kept up their grades enough to have their funding renewed this fall.

July 28, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

California State University-Northridge has received a $2 million contribution from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to support the university’s Performing Arts Center. The 1,700-seat center is expected to begin construction this year and should be completed by 2009. Chestnut Hill College (Pa.) has received a four-year, $799,600 grant from the U.S. Department of […]

July 25, 2007

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Enrollment Growing Faster at Tennessee’s Private Colleges

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The state’s private colleges are growing faster than public ones, government data show.

July 17, 2007

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Illegal Immigrants Find Aid for College in N.M.

FORT COLLINS Colo. At least 10 undocumented students from Colorado will get to attend classes at the University of New Mexico this fall, with many not having to pay for tuition or books.

July 15, 2007