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Colleges Are Offering Scholarships To Low-income Students, but This Could Be a Scam

Colleges Are Offering Scholarships To Low-income Students, but This Could Be a Scam

Madison O’Brien U.S.

Nowadays, a wide range of scholarship programs are available to college students through their school’s financial aid office, the Department of Labor’s website, or through private scholarship services, among other places. Colleges are now offering new scholarships to students. Colleges are now offering new scholarships to help college students financially; Catawba College, for example, has announced 28 new scholarships. According to WBTV, the 28 new scholarships were either created or increased to Presidential level with a $150,000 endowment level and are awarded to Catawba’s top merit students. Abby Walter, a…

What Is Excelsior Scholarship and Is It Really Beneficial?

What Is Excelsior Scholarship and Is It Really Beneficial?

Madison O’Brien U.S.

What is Excelsior Scholarship? The “Free College” Program has gotten a lot of attention from students who are struggling with the complicated financial aid system. In 2017, Governor Cuomo promised to provide Excelsior scholarship to provide tuition-free college – the first program that covers training for New York’s public faculties and universities – for households earning up to $125,000 per year, with the program expected to benefit up to 640,000 New Yorkers, covering any tuitions that were previously not covered by other types of financial aid. Thanks to New Yorks’s…

The Movement for Tuition-free College in the U.S. is Accelerating

The Movement for Tuition-free College in the U.S. is Accelerating

Joshua Gallagher U.S.

The movement to push for the tuition-free community college in the U.S. was stalled when the Biden administration removed it from the federal Build Back Better bill. However, the movement didn’t lose its momentum, and it is becoming a reality around the country. Some states have come up with their own plans to realize free tuition for community colleges, regardless of the White House’s plan to extend payment pause for federal student loans. For instance, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act, which…