The federal government is betting money that biotechnology could be one of the brightest prospects for the area’s future.
On Friday, Northampton Community College announced that it had received a $713,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
NCC was one of just three community colleges in Pennsylvania chosen, and it will use the money to expand [...]

A diploma isn’t the only thing college graduates carry with them when they leave school.
The average student now enters the working world with $16,000 to $20,000 in student loans to repay, a burden that nearly doubled over the last decade.
House Democrats hope to reduce that debt load by slashing interest rates on some student loans [...]

College financial aid seminars will be held in January for students and parents of public, private, charter and home schools.
The free seminars, which will cover college scholarships and financial aid, will be held at Polk County high schools in January.
Seminar topics will include the scholarship search, Florida Bright Futures Program, financial aid sources and publications, [...]

St. Louis Community College’s nursing program has received a $272,996 Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Services and Resources Administration. The grant covers the first year of a three-year projett; the second and third years of the grant, in the amounts of $280,992 and $286,614, are subject [...]

After completing their PSATs at Milford High School, seniors Michael Jauch and Ashley Yeager were named as part of the nation’s top 1 percent of students.
Yeager and Jauch were honored as National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists for the 2006-2007 school year.
“My family was thrilled for me and a little surprised. No one expected me to [...]

The Connestee Falls Student Scholarship Program recently donated scholarship money to Transylvania County Schools, Brevard College and Blue Ridge Community College.
In 2006, the scholarship program raised $28,000 to be awarded to local students.
“This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Connestee Falls scholarship program,” Dave Collins, former solicitation chairman and current 2007 co-chairman, said in [...]

The Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce is seeking applicants for its 2007 scholarship program.
Seniors who live in districts of Freedom, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Little Chute, Wrightstown, Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier and are planning to attend a college, university or vocational/technical school full time are eligible to apply for scholarships worth up to [...]

A successful longtime Stratford businessman has established a scholarship at East Central University that will benefit students from Garvin County or counties adjacent to Garvin County.
The Jack and Gladys Eldridge Endowed Scholarship will be presented for the first time next fall to an ECU junior or senior who is a full-time student in good academic [...]

Loan consolidation is an important step in dealing with your student debt. AMSA members are eligible for the AMSA (American Medical Student Association) Loan Consolidation Program. It is important to understand loan consolidation and the real terms of any loan or consolidation contract. I want to provide you with some general information about loan consolidation [...]

Your education is the key to launching your future. After you enter the professional world you leave the college years behind to focus on your career goals. But one thing most people can’t leave behind are student loans. Don’t let this burden continue to weigh you down, make student loan consolidation a priority on your [...]

The State of Ohio recently announced that $50 million in volume cap has been awarded to State Treasurer Jennette Bradley’s Office for the State of Ohio’s Ohio Centric Student Loan Program. The Ohio Centric program was established in 2000 by the State of Ohio to ensure that the State committed a portion of its annual [...]

WASHINGTON Democratic pledges to cut student loan interest rates hold out the possibility of considerable savings for students, but also inject an element of uncertainty as students prepare to apply for financial aid in the next few weeks.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the incoming House speaker, has put cutting student loan interest rates in half among [...]