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 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 [...]
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 [...]
About 500 low-income students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point may be unable to attend classes this fall because of the uncertainty of a state financial aid program.
The Higher Education Aids Board has imposed a waiting list for applicants to the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program, which last year awarded about $3.3 million to 1,923 [...]
Brad Roae is a state representative from the Sixth District.
Question: Is there any help available for members of the armed forces who served in the Middle East and are now having trouble paying their student loans?
Answer: Yes. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) has extended the Armed Forces Loan Forgiveness Program to provide a [...]
Graduating college students across the country recently have received their degrees and are taking their first steps into the real world, which includes repaying their student loans. According to NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding company, composing a strategy for repaying college student debt is simple, once borrowers are armed with accurate, easily applicable information.
Fortunately, [...]
Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., joined by 31 Attorneys General, urged the U.S. Senate to enact The Student Loan Sunshine Act, a new federal law to safeguard students and families nationwide from deceptive practices in the college loan industry.
The House of Representatives recently passed this legislation in a virtually unanimous vote of 414-3.
In a [...]