January 10, 2008

$1M grant funds scholarships for older students

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The Wisconsin Covenant promises college funding for high school students who perform well.

The huge Morgridge Fund for Wisconsin Scholars provides grants for financially needy high school graduates.

 

What about adults who want to go back to college?

Good news came this week in the form of a $1 million grant by the Bernard Osher Foundation to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to endow scholarships for returning adult students…more


 

January 4, 2008

Boomers can look forward to college

By JAMES T. HAMMOND - jhammond@thestate.com

South Carolina’s retiring baby boomers are discovering a 1970s law that allows the 60-and-older crowd to attend state college classes tuition-free…More