Columbia College is taking its Leadership Education and Development program behind the fence to high school girls at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.
A $25,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation is enabling Columbia Colleges Leadership Institute to help the DJJs female population. Its goal is to instill leadership qualities in the […]
Young golfers now have the chance to get the best possible start thanks to the Golf At Goodwood Scholarship Programme’s partnership with Frozen Rope.
Frozen Rope will give every student a set of bespoke custom-fit clubs tailored to their abilities.
In addition the company monitors their development and makes any necessary adjustments as their game progresses.
The scholarship […]
The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), one of the leading source of information about the safe, efficient use of propane as a preferred energy source, recently launched its first online continuing education course for architects and design professionals, “Sustainable Design with Propane and Underground Propane Tanks,” to promote understanding of the energy and environmental […]
The House of Representatives has approved the College Cost Reduction Act, which will cut subsidies to lenders and limit loan interest for students. The White House has threatened to veto the legislation, saying it creates too much new spending and will hurt student borrowers in the long run.
The House on Wednesday approved far-reaching changes in student aid programs, voting to slash $19 billion in federal subsidies to student lenders over five years, while increasing grants for needy students and halving interest rates on federally backed loans with the savings.
The bill passed 273-149, in a sometimes-raucous debate, with 47 Republicans joining Democrats, who […]
College is becoming more affordable for students with loans.
Legislature passed the College Cost Reduction Act today.
The 18-billion dollar investment will go towards student loan and Pell Grant aid for over five years. It is expected to save students and families thousands of dollars over the typical loan for a four-year-school.
The Bonner Foundation of Princeton, N.J., awarded Oberlin College a $4.5 million grant on Monday to continue a campus program begun 15 years ago to promote student service.
The college must match the grant by raising another $2 million.
The Bonner Scholars Program, begun by Corella and Bertram F. Bonner in 1990, came to Oberlin in 1992 […]
Olivet College’s Ruth Rawlings Mott Auditorium will undergo an extensive renovation because of a $750,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Located in the Charles Stewart Mott Academic Center at the college, the auditorium project includes replacing 400 seats, carpeting, ceiling tiles, lighting, stage and roof, as well as upgrading of technology, according to a […]
San Jacinto College has received a $3 million grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to help fund its nondestructive testing and inspection program.
Eleven area companies joined together as a consortium and applied for the Skills Development Fund grant through their member organization, the Association of Plant Inspection Professionals.
The community college said 357 jobs […]
Kevin Paz, a resident of Kihei and student of the Maui Community College’s Maui Culinary Academy, has been selected to receive the first Alexander & Baldwin Culinary Arts Scholarship award, which pays full tuition — and more — through an endowment funded by the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation.
Paz just completed his second semester at Maui […]
Over 175 scholarships were awarded at the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Reception, which took place on May 24, 2007, at Kellogg Arena. These scholarships, including annual renewals on those awarded previously, total over $600,000! Scholarship selection criteria vary, depending on the donor’s interest; however, academic performance, financial need, and school/community/church involvement are the […]
State Board of Education members have approved 115 private schools to participate in the first year of a scholarship program for disabled children —- slightly more than the 100 campuses that participated in the start of a similar program in Florida.
Principal Kim Wigington is thrilled her small, three-year-old campus —- located in the Sunday school […]