The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has decided to discontinue the administration of the national Scholarship Qualifying Examination (NSQE) for the incoming CHED scholars and grantees for the School Year 2007-2008.
The move is in line with President Arroyo’s directive to harmonize testings and organize a unified assessment instrument for college entrants, which is known as [...]

The McCarrey Region/Business and Professional Women are offering a scholarship to a woman in transition to provide a special opportunity for further education.
Applicants for this award must be 21 years or older and not a recent high school graduate, but a woman who is modifying her life to include further education leading to a new [...]

A new college scholarship for Missouri students in financial need has attracted more participants than expected, meaning some students will get less money than planned.
The Access Missouri scholarship was created by lawmakers this year to replace two financial needs scholarships. The state began sending out the first scholarship checks under the new program in the [...]

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 [...]

The decision contained in the 2006 Budget to fully exempt scholarships was one that has been greatly appreciated among students, parents and the academic world.
But as is always the case with a potential tax-free source of income, there are those who want to use the scheme in ways not contemplated by the government.
For example, we [...]

A special panel has recommended dropping the minimum grade-point average college students must maintain to keep their state lottery scholarships, but the idea is drawing mixed reviews from Tennessee lawmakers.
Gov. Phil Bredesen and state lawmakers called for a review of the lottery scholarship program earlier this year after the Tennessee Higher [...]

State Sen. Preston Smith, R-Rome, is accepting applications for his annual Senatorial Scholarship through May 15. The $500 undergraduate scholarships will go to one male and one female high school senior from his district, which covers Floyd and parts of Bartow and Gordon counties.
The following is a copy of the announcement letter Smith sent to [...]

The Catholic Schools Foundation held its 17th Annual Inner-City Scholarship Fund Dinner celebration at the Boston Marriott Copley Place on March 28. Troy Brown, wide receiver for the New England Patriots and trustee of the Catholic Schools Foundation was the evening’s featured speaker.
The dinner is held annually to celebrate and support the Inner-City Scholarship Fund [...]

Roy Reeves, owner of RMS Gravel, of Dryden, has established a scholarship at Southern Cayuga High School.
He has donated $5,000 to the school district to set up the scholarship. The scholarships will be three, $1,000 awards to a graduating senior each year, starting this June. The remaining $2,000 will be invested at Cayuga Lake National [...]

More than 20 fledgling racing drivers will meet at the BMW Performance Centre in Bahrain this weekend for one of the first major contests of their motorsport careers, and a chance to earn one of five coveted Formula BMW Asia Scholarships.
The youngsters are all aged between 15 and 20, and hail from every corner of [...]