New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office said Thursday it reached a settlement with CIT Group Inc. and CIT’s Student Loan Xpress unit arising from the state’s investigation of abuses in the U.S. student loan business.
The New York-based commercial and consumer lender agreed to pay $3 million into a fund that will educate students about [...]

The Joe Lurie Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Fellowship was launched at the UC Berkeley International House’s 19th Annual Celebration & Awards Gala Thursday.
The fund aims at providing an I-House room and board award to an entering first year returned Peace Corps doctoral student at UC Berkeley. The UC Berkeley Graduate Division will match this annually [...]

Each year the University of San Diego, San Diego, California awards Graduate Law Merit Scholarships to students admitted to the Comparative Law program based on the merits of the applicants’ scholastic and work experience.
Candidates are considered for the scholarship after they have been accepted into the program. Comparative Law students study side-by-side with J.D. and [...]

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the launch of the Jazz Pharmaceuticals Fellowship Training Grant in Sleep Medicine for physician and research Fellows conducting original peer-review research in sleep medicine. Four $50,000 one-year grants will be awarded at the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year to support promising research conducted by Fellows in accredited sleep training [...]

This four-year scholarship is available to all students with at least a 2.75 GPA and financial need, who are interested in studying computer science, mathematics, or environmental resources engineering at Humboldt State University in northern California. Priority will be given to American Indian and/or first generation college students.
Applications are available in the counseling office [...]

Applications for four Ronald McDonald House Charities scholarships are now available for high school seniors who have demonstrated academic excellence, strong leadership skills and a commitment to the community.
The four scholarship programs are African American Future Achievers, Asian Pacific American Students Increasing Achievement, Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources and Scholars of Tomorrow.

UCB, Inc. announced today the national roll out of the 2007 Crohn’s Scholarship Program, which will award 30, one-time scholarships of up to $10,000 to people diagnosed with Crohn’s disease who demonstrate academic ambition and who are reaching beyond the boundaries of their condition. The program is an expansion of UCB’s pilot scholarship program in [...]

Any graduating senior or college student residing in the Fallbrook Union High School District and pursuing a degree in horticultural or agricultural related fields of study is eligible to apply for a 2006-2007 scholarship award offered by the Fallbrook Garden Club.
Applications are available at the Fallbrook High School career counseling office or agriculture department; by [...]

San Francisco’s eQuality Scholarship Collaborative, the oldest corporate scholarship program in the country dedicated to providing financial aid to graduating high school seniors who have promoted understanding of and equality for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, once again is offering scholarships to graduating seniors.
This year, the scholarship amount has been doubled to $5,000. [...]

DeVry University, working with Banco Popular, one of the leading community banks in the United States, has announced an extension of the scholarship application deadline for the Dream Scholarship available to high school seniors.
Potential students now have until March 30, 2007 to apply for the tuition awards.
These partial tuition scholarships, targeted to middle and lower-income [...]