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 [...]

Minnesota center Bryce Webster, a sophomore-to-be, will transfer after being granted his request to be released from his scholarship, the school announced Thursday.
“We understand his desire to leave the program, and we wish him the best of luck the rest of his career,” coach Tubby Smith said, in a prepared statement.
After a standout career at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]