June 1, 2016 University offers scholarships to Chewbacca mom's family A Florida university has offered scholarships to a woman who made the viral Facebook video showing her laughing hysterically as she tries on a Chewbacca mask.
May 14, 2016 University considers expanding student-athlete protections The University of California's governing board is considering a policy that would nearly triple the number of student-athletes who would be guaranteed financial aid to continue their studies in the event of a career-ending sports injury.
May 12, 2016 Program offers college scholarships to immigrant students Delaware State University is joining with a national scholarship program to increase college opportunities for immigrant students living in the United States illegally.
May 12, 2016 Departing chair leaves $55M to Curtis Institute of Music The departing chairwoman is leaving Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music with quite a parting gift: $55 million.
May 3, 2016 Millsaps College says senior, and 1st black woman in Mississippi, wins Rhodes scholarship Millsaps College says one of its seniors, and the first African American woman from Mississippi, has been named a Rhodes Scholar.
May 3, 2016 Common Core rollout hits money trouble Five years into the biggest transformation of U.S. public education in recent history, Common Core is far from common.
May 3, 2016 Promise kept: Anonymously funded tuition program in Michigan still delivers 10 years later An anonymously funded program that pays the college tuition of students from the Kalamazoo public school district in Michigan has given out $67 million in scholarships since being announced 10 years ago.
May 3, 2016 Dartmouth, rural Vermont town have tuition agreement spanning generations For more than a century Dartmouth College has been making good on a promise to students from a hardscrabble Vermont town that helped the keep the school afloat in its early years: get in, and your tuition is free.
May 3, 2016 Michigan teen 1st recipient of scholarship named after slain journalist James Foley A Detroit-area teen is the first recipient of a Marquette University scholarship named after journalist James Foley.
May 3, 2016 Families face 10th anniversary of Ohio Marine deaths; some memorialize loss by helping others Some people look surprised and tell him they just can't believe it's been 10 years already.