Three private colleges in Connecticut will add a total of $75,000 to their scholarship funds to settle allegations of questionable arrangements with a student loan agency, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Monday.
Trinity College, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University all denied any wrongdoing but agreed to abide by a code of conduct that would no […]
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has been awarded a $238,000 grant designed to broaden the employee pool for manufacturers in Western North Carolina. The money comes from Duke Energy Carolinas’ Community College Grant Program.
The Resurgent Manufacturing Initiative grant will be used to purchase a computer numerical control machine for machining technology, a coordinate measuring machine […]
A $5 million grant will go toward creating a state-of-the-art learning facility on the Hyde Park campus of the Culinary Institute of America.
Thanks to a pledge from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the new Marriott Pavilion will feature interactive audience response technologies and video-conferencing capabilities. It will house a large auditorium, a […]
Dyersburg State Community College was recently selected by the Tennessee Board of Regents to receive a $50,000 grant to fund dual enrollment scholarships for the upcoming school year.
Dual enrollment is a special enrollment status that allows high school students who meet certain academic standards to take college courses. Students who successfully complete the course work […]
A scholarship named for former judge Don Burgess of Bridge City soon will help Lamar University students who otherwise might not be able to attend school.
Burgess was honored Tuesday as the namesake of the seventh Southeast Legends Scholarship created at Lamar University by the Beaumont Foundation of America.
“Knowing it’s going to allow folks who would […]
Getting a college education today seems to cost a fortune. So getting an offer for a guaranteed scholarship might sound good. But does that mean the offer is legitimate? And do you have to pay a fee to hold the guarantee?
Consumer Protection and University Administrators say it’s probably a scam. There are a number […]
A doctoral candidate from National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Institute of Information Management has been named as a winner of the prestigious scholarship awarded by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 this year.
Tsang Po-hao (臧æŸçš“), one of the eight winners of the ISC2 Information Security Scholarship Program, has won US$12,500 in recognition of […]
Toting a large suitcase through a self check-in line at Sea-Tac Airport, Naomi Rahn, of University Place (Tacoma area), looked puzzled when she finally reached the kiosk.
“What am I supposed to do with it?” the 15-year-old said, referring to her passport while jabbing the machine.
She has never been out of the country, but as this […]
The deadline for GIA scholarship applications is nearing. The Institute must receive all scholarship applications by October 15 for classes beginning in 2008. A record 96 scholarships, valued at $431,000, will be available.
The scholarships range from $500 to full tuition.
For the first time in GIA’s history, six scholarship opportunities are outside the U.S. They […]
Thousands of California college students are keeping a close eye on state budget negotiations. They’re worried that a lack of a state budget will mean they won’t have enough money to pay their tuition.
Monte Stilmon, 22, who just finished his classes at Sacramento City College, is supposed to leave for University of California, Riverside in […]
One UNC scholarship that requires applicants to show proof that they are “worthy sons” and of “colonial ancestry,” is undergoing some changes after giving scholarship officials headaches.
The John Osgood and Elizabeth Amis Cameron Blanchard Scholarship Fund will change from a renewable scholarship to a one-time gift with smaller benefits.
The fund was established in 1958 with […]
FraternityLive today announced that it has instituted a twenty-one thousand dollar endowment to create a Financial Management Scholarship for members of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. The annual scholarship will award two students, with the goal of facilitating the International Fraternity’s financial leadership and chapter operations.
The endowment was initiated by Kris White, a collegiate […]