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R.I. Links Funding to Goals

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new law is linking state aid to Rhode Island’s public colleges to how they are performing. Gov. Gina Raimondo (Democrat) signed the legislation into law on August 11. The Community College of Rhode Island and other institutions will now have to achieve certain goals in order to get more funding. The […]

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Missouri Boosts Amount for Scholarship

By Associated Press | JOPLIN, Mo. — Missouri college students this year could get more money from a need-based scholarship from the state. Gov. Jay Nixon during a visit to Missouri Southern State University in Joplin announced on August 5 that the state is upping the maximum amount available through the Access Missouri scholarship. Students […]

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$5 million for Flint Scholarship

LANSING, Mich. —Officials hope to publicly unveil the Flint Promise initiative in September, according to a top aide to Gov. Rick Snyder, to lend a hand to high school graduates in Flint, a city in desperate need of a lift because of o its lead-tainted water crisis. Transformation manager Rich Baird told The Associated Press […]

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Community college tuition increase of $2 per credit hour proposed for Alabama

MONTGOMERY ? Tuition at Alabama?s community colleges would increase $2 to $117 per credit hour under a plan to be voted on the by the system board next month.

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Free community college education bill a potential ‘game changer’ for state

A bill proposing that the state pay tuition for community college students could be “a game changer” for education in Kentucky, according to officials.