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Alabama Offers Free College to School Children’s Parents

The children must be currently in the eighth and ninth grades for the parents and legal guardians to be eligible to apply to receive free tuition to any community college in Alabama. The offering only covers tuition. Books, room and board and lab fees are not covered. An informational meeting on the tuition-waver program will […]

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Grant Will Aid Students in STEM Fields

Arlene Rodriguez says people who apply for a grant of any type need to have a compelling story about why the money is important. The vice president of Academic Affairs at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) knows developing the story is something that takes time, energy, dedication, and great attention to detail, which are all […]

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Chattahoochee College Receives $50,000 Grant

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) – Officials from a joint venture constructing an interstate natural gas pipeline are helping to donate $50,000 to fund 100 scholarships for students at Chattahoochee Valley Community College. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (http://bit.ly/2fEqd4p ) reports the college announced recently that Sabal Trail Transmission’s grant to the CVCC Foundation will generate 20 $500 […]

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California Pushes Forward on Free Tuition

After President Obama announced a goal last year to make community college free for all Americans, no state has moved as aggressively as California. In 2016, at least 20 programs offering support to incoming community college students were introduced in California, bringing the state’s total to about 30, according to the federal Department of Education. […]

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Tennessee Colleges Seek Funds for Building

The state has a budget surplus, and government agencies have a lot of ideas of how to spend it. During a series of budget hearings this month, they’re making their case to the governor about what should be funded next year. And for Tennessee’s public higher education systems — which run 50 technical colleges, community […]

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California Initiative Aids Colleges

California voters have approved all three education-related initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot, based on 100 percent of returns reported by the California Secretary of State. Proposition 55, which will extend the state income tax on high-income earners that raises billions of dollars a year for K-12 schools and community colleges, was handily approved by […]

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After Rough Year, Hocking College Back on Track

NELSONVILLE — Hocking College has pulled in grant funding for new courses, balanced its budget and calmed a campus that was filled with student protests a year ago. Some students at the two-year technical college in rural southeast Ohio who are in their second year this semester say they have noticed the difference from when […]

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Boston Offers Free Tuition Plan

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has announced a plan to provide free tuition to either of the city’s two community colleges for all graduates of Boston’s public high schools. The program announced Friday has already launched at Madison Park Vocational-Technical High School and will be rolled out city-wide on June 1. To be eligible, students must […]

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Why Do Minnesota’s “Affordable” Colleges Produce Highest Loan Default Rates?

Among the reasons students choose to attend a community college, one of the most important is that community colleges are affordable. So it may come as some surprise that about one in seven Minnesota’s public community college students who takes out federal loans for school defaults on them within three years of the date they […]

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Grant Will Help Students Transfer for Bachelors’

A five-year scholarship program to aid community college students transferring to East Stroudsburg University will be funded by the largest single grant in university history. The National Science Foundation awarded the university a $4.04 million grant for the Clear Path project, which will impact 120 community college transfer students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in ESU’s […]

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Connecticut Backs Off Steep Tuition Hike

Officials of the state’s community colleges have backed off plans to seek a steep tuition and fee hike for thousands of students starting next semester – and instead plan to study the idea. Under a proposal released last week by the administration of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, tuition and fees would have increased […]

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Texas State Technical College Offers Refunds for Jobless

MARSHALL — Texas State Technical College has become the first higher education institution in the state to offer a tuition refund for students who fail to find jobs in certain degree programs within six months of graduation. TSTC Chancellor Michael Reeser made an announcement about the college’s new money-back guarantee program during a recent ribbon-cutting […]

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