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Spelman Students Win Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Awards

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Courtesy of Spelman College Bridging the Dream, while Bridging the Financial Gap Spelman College is proud to announce that two of its students are recipients of the Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship. Zarah Bethea, C’2029, a political science major, and Christina Simone Coker, C’2029, a health sciences major, have been selected due to their stellar academic performances and demonstration of financial need. Each student was awarded $10,000 from the Sallie Mae Fund, in partnership with Thurgood Marshall

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UNCF Wildfire Relief Fund Supports HBCU Students in Crisis

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In the wake of the devastation caused by the Los Angeles wildfires, UNCF and the UNCF Los Angeles office are stepping in to provide a lifeline for HBCU students and children of alumni, ensuring that education remains a beacon of hope amidst the crisis. With critical financial support from partners and donors, UNCF is making

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Democrats Push to Double Pell Grant, Aid Dreamers

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By Matthew Arrojas Democrats are making another push to increase the maximum Pell Grant award as the 2024 election season heats up. Thirty-three senators and 28 members of the House of Representatives co-introduced the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act on Thursday. The bill, among other things, would nearly double the maximum Pell Grant award and tie

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Students Can Now Earn Work-Study Pay for Voting Efforts

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By Evan Castillo Students can now earn extra work-study cash by taking part in voter registration activities and helping out on election day. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Feb. 27 that students can get paid to register people to vote, work voting polls, work voter hotlines, and promote voting through federal work-study. “As we know, this

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FAFSA Delays Disrupt College Aid and Student Planning

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By Zachary B. Wolf The already stressful college admissions process was thrown into chaos this year by a botched bureaucratic upgrade. Hiccups and delays in the federal financial aid process have kept some high school seniors and current college students from getting aid packages from schools. The dirty secret of college tuition is that most

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GOP Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Delayed FAFSA Rollout

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By Katherine Knott A group of Republicans in the House and Senate is asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Education Department’s launch of the new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The new form, delayed by three months, launched earlier this year, though the rollout was rocky. The form was not available 24

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JSU Students Win $100K BeyGOOD Scholarships from Beyoncé

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By William H. Kelly III Jackson State University (JSU) is a recipient of the $100,000 BeyGOOD Foundation Renaissance Scholars Scholarship, founded by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Ten JSU scholars will each receive $10,000. Following the announcement of the RENAISSANCE World Tour, Knowles-Carter committed $1 million dollars to support education and impact 10 colleges and universities worldwide to fund 100 students with the $10,000

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FILE - This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. Duke University announced Wednesday, March 10, 2021, that it is considering ending in-person classes as an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the course of five days worsens and students continue to violate health guidelines. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Top U.S. Universities Sued for Financial Aid Collusion

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By Raja Razek, Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according to the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Illinois. The

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