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UW-Madison Offers Free Tuition for Some Transfers

About 150 students at two-year colleges around Wisconsin are expected to enroll in a new UW-Madison program giving first-generation college students a year or more of free tuition when they transfer to the state’s flagship public university, officials said. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote in a semester welcome message on Wednesday that Badger Promise — […]

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What Older People Don’t Know About College Costs

Decades ago, many Michigan young adults financed a college education without loans or help from their parents. It’s something that Baby Boomers and senior citizens brag about now, as Millennials graduate college with an average of $30,000 in student debt. “While attending U of M I worked full-time during the summer and part-time during the […]

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“Free College” Doesn’t Solve Affordability Issues

Four states now offer free community college to their residents, covering tuition and mandatory fees. LOCAL IMPACT: It could likely cost Massachusetts an estimated $127 million annually to eliminate tuition and mandatory fees for in-state students currently enrolled in community colleges. Last month, Rhode Island became the fourth state to offer free community college to […]

1,100 Sign Up for R.I. Free Tuition Program

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than 1,100 students have signed up for a program that offers two years of free tuition at the Community College of Rhode Island. A college spokeswoman tells The Providence Journal (http://bit.ly/2xusMPe ) that several more students are finalizing their financial aid. The $2.8 million Rhode Island Promise program pushed by Democratic […]

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Boston Bridge Helps Students in Need

As anyone struggling with backbreaking loans can attest, college just keeps getting more and more expensive. The average yearly tuition at UMass Boston is $13,436, a 6 percent increase from last year alone—and that doesn’t even cover the cost of books or room and board. It’s enough to make any incoming freshman break into a […]

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What Happened to California’s Free Tuition?

Higher education is expensive. It’s a realization that many have come across over the past few decades as the price of tuition continues to rise, particularly in California—a state with high poverty rate, ever-increasing rent and a high cost of living. And that’s not likely to change soon. Both the University of California Regents and […]

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Maine Community Colleges Freeze Tuition

PORTLAND (WGME) — As college students head back to campus, Maine’s community colleges say they are freezing tuition for the coming year. Tuition and fees at Maine’s seven community colleges are the lowest in New England, about $3,600 per year, and they’re going to stay that way. Some additional state funding is making the freeze […]

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Free College Movement Grows

Think “free” tuition sounds unrealistic? It’s already a reality in more than 20 states. Earlier this year, Arkansas, Indiana, Montana and Rhode Island introduced statewide free community-college programs. Other states, including Minnesota, Oregon and Tennessee, already have programs, and 13 more introduced legislation this year to start similar initiatives, according to Dustin Weeden, a senior […]

2 Colleges Team Up to Give All Local Students Scholarships

Penn State Lehigh Valley student Daniel Omron grew up living paycheck to paycheck, so his mom’s advice to earn a college degree resonated. It became their shared dream for him. But when his mother became terminally ill with cancer while he was in school, he became her primary caretaker, putting that in jeopardy. Between his […]

Ex-Lawmaker Challenges In-State Tuition for DACA Students

PHOENIX — A former Arizona lawmaker known as the driving force behind most of the state’s toughest immigration laws is moving to challenge the university system for temporarily allowing young immigrants protected from deportation to keep paying lower-cost in-state tuition. It comes after a court ruled that students in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, […]

Arizona Regents Will Allow In-State Tuition for DREAMers

PHOENIX — Public universities in Arizona said Thursday they will keep providing in-state tuition for young immigrants who came to the U.S. at an early age despite a recent court decision that threw it in doubt. Young immigrants clad in bright yellow shirts emblazoned with “Protect In-State Tuition for DACA Students” stood closely together holding […]

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California Expands Free Tuition Programs

According to a press release from the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor’s Office on March 20, 2017, the CCC’s Board of Governors “approved 14 community college districts in California to participate in the College Promise Innovation Grant Program,” which provides $15 million in funding to expand already existing College Promise programs or to implement College […]

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