A comprehensive higher education package that would make obtaining a college education more affordable for New York’s students has been approved by the Senate Majority Conference and sent to the Assembly.
The legislation is designed to help families with soaring tuition expenses, provide new incentives to college students to keep them living and working in New […]

When Ralph Tufano thinks about Robert Curatolo, the recent St. Joseph by-the-Sea graduate can’t help be reminded of the sacrifice firefighter Curatolo made during the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
It also, however, reminds Tufano of the danger firefighters still encounter every day.
“Robert Curatolo’s sacrifice symbolizes the true meaning of […]

CHARLESTON — Students who don’t take the traditional route to four-year colleges following high school, could end up paying more for their education.
Most students who enter South Carolina’s four-year colleges as first-time freshmen get some form of financial assistance, whether it’s lottery money or scholarships offered by the schools.
But students who transfer into those schools […]

Bangkok - Students from six Southeast Asian countries are invited to apply for full scholarships for a master programme at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s leading varsity.
Initiated by Siam Cement Foundation, the scholarships are available to students who are citizens of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Siam Cement Foundation is under auspicious of SCG Group, […]

The Alex Smith Foundation and San Diego State University (SDSU) will launch the Guardian Scholars Program on June 28. The Program will provide ten emancipated foster youth in San Diego County with five-year scholarships to SDSU, year-round housing and extensive individual mentoring and tutoring throughout their time in school. The program will grant scholarships to […]

Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus is struggling to find enough applicants to fill a program that is one of few federal efforts nationwide to help migrant students attend college.
The $1.5 million U.S. Department of Education grant helps PCC Rock Creek’s College Assistance Migrant Program provide financial aid, tutoring and mentoring services to seasonal and […]

The federal grant that Orange Coast College recently received will benefit the school for five years, according to Vice President of Student Services Jess Craig.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced that OCC was among 20 colleges and universities nationwide receiving grants under the Strengthening Institutions Program. Craig, reached Friday, said the $399,998 […]

Visitors to this year’s Civil War re-enactment will give a boost to a new scholarship fund that honors the memory of a fallen Marine from Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee will collect donations to the Eric McColley Scholarship Fund at the patriotic tent, and the announcer at the commemorative artillery salute will explain the fund and […]

Ryan C. Carnevale, 20, of Johnson City, has been named recipient of the New York State Sheriff’s Association Institute’s 2007 scholarship.
The $500 scholarship was presented by Broome County Sheriff David E. Harder and Gregory Talley, chairman of BCC’s Criminal Justice Department. Talley nominated Carnevale, who graduated from BCC in May with an associate’s of applied […]

A recent Georgetown University graduate was awarded the university’s second annual Chinese Government Scholarship. Julia Powell Grossman (GRD’07), who received a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution this May, will study Chinese language and culture in Beijing during the 2007-2008 academic year.
“I am pleased to congratulate Julia on this achievement,” said James J. O’Donnell, provost and […]