Sometimes all it takes is a helping hand to make great things happen. In announcing the recipients of the 2006 DRIVE YOUR FUTURE Scholarship Program, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) aims to help first generation college-bound students achieve their academic goals and become part of the next generation of business, community and global leaders.
Additionally, this year MBUSA […]
Blinn College was selected as one of 40 two- and four-year colleges and universities nationwide to receive the 2006 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology.
During the 2006-07 academic year, grant projects through this program will impact more than 4,000 students. […]
Nearly two of every three undergraduate students are going into debt to go to college, owing an average of more than $19,000, most often to the government.
Among a dozen states sampled, New York students averaged the largest loans, while those in Oregon and Minnesota were most likely to have borrowed.
About 65 percent of students who […]
As the weather breaks and graduation approaches, many students begin to sort through financial aid offers.
Not all offers are the same, and Scott Anderson, author of “STOP! Everything You Thought You Knew About Paying For College Is Wrong!” offers three tips for evaluating college awards.
A third party, objective evaluation of the costs for colleges is […]
Columbia College is putting on a Financial Aid Awareness Faire where members of the financial aid staff will be on hand to show students that they can afford to go to college.
The event takes place Tuesday, May 30th from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the college’s lakeside patio. They will be presenting various financial aid […]
Student loan interest rates will rise almost 40 percent when they are reset on July 1, according to the results of the 91-day U.S. Treasury bill auction on Monday.
The U.S. Department of Education will officially announce the change in the near future, according to Nelnet, the education finance company based in Lincoln.
The jump in interest […]
Hang Seng Bank announced on Tuesday that it will offer scholarships to a total of five outstanding Chinese mainland students for the MBA programs organized by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in partnership with London Business School (LBS) over the next five years.
The bank said the scholarships will amount to 1.25 million HK […]
Visionaries and Voices, the East Walnut Hills studio for artists with disabilities, is sponsoring a new scholarship program to fund college classes for adult artists with disabilities.
The Raymond Thunder-Sky Scholarship was created in honor of the late Raymond Thunder-Sky, a founding artist of Visionaries and Voices. The scholarship will be available for the upcoming academic […]
A new scholarship founded by Montage, a contemporary furniture retailer in Boston, and Italian kitchen design firm Arclinea Boston challenges students of architecture or design at New England-based schools to design a contemporary kitchen-living area within the traditional, historic architecture of Boston and its suburbs. Known as the Montage/Arclinea Contemporary Design Scholarship Competition, the award […]
Millions of dollars are at stake for several thousand area high school students who are due to graduate soon and move on to higher education.
Keeping these students focused on pursuing scholarships or financial aid is a year-round task for Laureen Cardoza, the Merced Union High School District’s college admissions, financial aid and scholarships counselor, and […]
In 2001, the George Washington Carver Class of 1951 celebrated a half of a century since their graduation from high school, and the highlight of the special occasion was the presentation of a $3,751 scholarship honoring memories of their parents. Ambre Ann Wesley, a 1991 Navasota High graduate and a December 2005 graduate of Prairie […]
One thousand academically talented, low-income students of color who have demonstrated leadership skills will be able to continue their education and pursue their dreams with the help of a college scholarship from the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMS). These students are from 45 states, the District of Columbia and 3 outlying areas. The GMS scholarship […]