Grant Money For College Links

CFISD uses grant to increase number of college-bound students (Cy-Fair Sun)

With the help of a grant from Houston A+ Challenge, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District has begun implementing its plan to increase the amount of its students attending college.

Board looks at tuition rates for veterans (The Bismarck Tribune)

The Board of Higher Education will ask the Legislature to allow any veteran who attends a North Dakota public college to qualify for resident tuition rates, even if the veteran lives outside the state.

Study flunks N.D. in college affordability (The Bismarck Tribune)

North Dakota and almost every other state got a failing grade in college affordability in a new report on higher education. The report says North Dakota is a top-performing state in high school completion but has a big gap in the rate between white and American Indian students.

Tuskegee awarded grant to aid diversity (The Auburn Plainsman)

Tuskegee University received a grant to help it combat the lack of diversity in the health professions.  The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the $1.3 million grant to the Nursing Program in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. The grant money is to be used over the course of the next three ...

As college costs soar, many local students be left out (The Rock Hill Herald)

Most Americans will no longer be able to afford college if tuition costs continue to rise at current rates, a new study warns.