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Study: Latino Students Use Practical Strategies to Finance College Education

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The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advance Commitment fully covers tuition for students with family incomes up to $65,000, while Miami Dade College provides "Last Mile Scholarships" for students who left with 13 or fewer credits remaining.

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Michigan Expands Tuition-Free Community Scholarship Program to Adults Ages 21-24 Without Degrees

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The state of Michigan is expanding a program that provides a tuition-free community scholarship to adults ages 21-24 who have not yet earned college degrees, FOX 2 reported. This expansion will help us reach our Sixty by 30 goal—to have 60% of adults earn a postsecondary education or training by 2030—and build on our economic momentum.

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North Carolina A&T Receives $20M Gift from Anonymous Donor

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The donation is expected to support scholarships with $15 million, endowed professorships in artificial intelligence with $2 million, opportunities for international exchange with $2 million, and the Chancellor’s Speaker Series with $1 million. A&T continues to thrive as a leading institution for higher learning and innovation.”

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

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If business continues on as usual, the network is projected to only reach 200,000 more below-median income students by 2030, she added. Another of Common App’s projects is a way to get money and scholarships in the hands of underrepresented minority students and low-income students to help them afford college.

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VUU Webinar Discusses NSF Funding and STEM Research at HBCUs

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Recent data projects that nearly four million additional people will be needed in 2030 for the science and engineering workforce to be representative of the U.S. Moore listed numerous NSF scholarships and programs beneficial to HBCU research in fields including STEM, data science, and computing. population, Moore added.

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A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’

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He continues to work with 2030 STEM, a thinktank that aims to diversify the STEM fields. Daly says she was not only impressed by Delgado’s scholarship, but his deliberate and intentional work to de-silo the field, embracing diversity in what are often “primarily white spaces.” That’s not always the same person — he’s good at both.”

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North Carolina Behind in Goal for Educational Attainment; Calls for Greater Student Support

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After earning her high school diploma, she received a Longleaf Commitment scholarship, a last dollar scholarship created by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper through federal pandemic relief funding. For a lot of people, having a scholarship can be a make or break. Adult learners, a lot of us are living paycheck to paycheck.

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