PHEAA encourages students toresearch and apply for scholarships

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is encouraging students to research and apply for scholarships to help them pay for postsecondary education. Scholarships, along with grants, are free money awards that do not need to be …
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Missouri bill would revoke scholarships if student-athletes strike

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A state legislator is proposing that student-athletes lose their scholarships if they go on strike, in response to a threat by Missouri Tigers football players to not play because of the administration’s handling of racial …
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Scholarships key to opportunities for some county students

Manal Yagoub’s list of 35 scholarships ranges from the ultra-competitive Gates Millennium Scholars Program to a Google doodling competition. She plans to apply for all of them. Yagoub, a senior at Arundel High School, met with her school counselor Friday …
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Colorado county approves use of marijuana tax to fund local students’ college scholarships

Students attending college in a southern Colorado county will soon have a chance to tap into the state’s lucrative legal marijuana industry after voters approved a tax on local cannabis growing operations to fund scholarships for higher education.
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Scholarships for college-bound students with December 2015 deadlines

Description: Contest is open to students in grades seven through 12 (or equivalent). Applicant must be sponsored by a branch of the Fleet Reserve Association or a unit of the Ladies Auxiliary. Applicant must submit an essay on the theme, “What the United …
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