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3 Michigan Tribal Colleges Get Grants for Upgrades

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Iowa Candidate Patty Judge Backs Tuition-Free Plan

ANKENY — Improving access to community colleges and increasing the availability of federal tuition aid dominated a conversation between U.S. Senate candidate Patty Judge and a handful of Des Moines-area students and recent graduates Thursday. Judge held the higher-education affordability chat on the Ankeny campus of the Des Moines Area Community College after announcing several […]

Mississippi Colleges Use Pell Grants to Broaden Access

JACKSON, Miss—Jackson State University and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are taking part in a new federal program that aims to increase low-income students’ access to college. Starting this semester, about 10,000 high school students across the country can use Pell Grants for dual enrollment courses for the first time. Most students pay for dual […]

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Grants Ease Access to Education

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is launching a new grant program aimed at making higher education affordable for more students. The grants will be given to two- and four-year higher education institutions that have a partnership with a pre-K through 12th grade program. The money will allow higher education institutions to implement and expand programs that […]

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Roundtable Talk: Making College More Affordable

CLEVELAND, Ohio – U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr., U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11), and Cuyahoga Community College President Alex Johnson today held a roundtable discussion on college access and affordability at Tri-C. Local students and campus leaders shared their stories and strategies to increase college access, […]

Candidates Discuss North Carolina College Tab

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic gubernatorial challenger Roy Cooper came to the same city to discuss the price of college in North Carolina. Cooper and McCrory visited Greenville on Tuesday afternoon. Multiple media outlets reported McCrory was at East Carolina University talking to students and ECU’s chancellor. The attorney general met at […]

Gov. Haslam Touts Free- Tuition Program

FRANKLIN, Tenn. —Republican Gov. Bill Haslam visited Columbia State Community College to welcome back students participating in his Tennessee Promise program that offers free tuition at the state’s two-year colleges. Haslam’s visit on Tuesday to the school’s Williamson County campus in Franklin followed the news that Tennessee for the second year in a row has […]

Grants Help Youth With Disabilities

BOSTON — A dozen state universities and community colleges in Massachusetts are receiving state grants to help them develop academic programs for young adults with intellectual disabilities. The Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative is designed for public high school students between the ages of 18 and 22 who have individualized education programs and may not have […]

Ohio Colleges Make Crisis Loans

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For college students who are poor, the margin between graduating and dropping out can be as slim as an unpaid utility bill or a busted transmission. Even if they have grants and loans to pay for most of their tuition and housing, any unexpected expense can kill the best-laid plans. That’s where […]

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Grants Aimed at Making Education More Accessible

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is launching a new grant program aimed at making higher education affordable for more students. The grants will be given to two- and four-year higher education institutions that have a partnership with a pre-K through 12th grade program. The money will allow higher education institutions to implement and expand programs that […]

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CCRI Gets Grant for First-Generation Students

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Community College of Rhode Island has been awarded a federal grant to help low-income students and students who are the first in their families to attend college. The state’s congressional delegation announced the funding from the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday. CCRI will receive about $781,000 for its Rhode Island […]

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Detroit makes community college free

On Tuesday, Detroit launched a program that would make sure any high school senior who is accepted into one of the five community colleges in Detroit will not have to pay tuition to attend college.

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