Michigan, Idaho break Promises:
What can a poor college student do?
The states of Michigan and Idaho announced this month that their
Promise Scholarship programs will be cut, as both states must scale
back their own expenditures.
Michigan's legislature cut that state's Promise Scholarship on
October 1, which provided up to $4000 to students who took the Michigan
Merit Exam.
See Promise
broken
Idaho as well is considering a proposal to "scale back"
on its program. That state is simply reducing their assistance,
doling out only $400 instead of the promised $500 per student this
year.
See Smaller
Promise
These cuts in scholarship monies come in the wake of many public
universities and colleges across the nation already struggling under
cuts in operating expenses because state revenues have also decreased.
Will these institutions raise their tuition costs to make up the
difference?
In the meantime, students must find some other way to fund their
education.
What can a poor college student do?
- In Michigan, college students across the state are calling their
legislators to get the funds reinstated. Their Governor Jennifer
Granholm agrees, recognizing a priority for education. But it
remains to be seen if the monies will be restored by the Michigan
Senate.
See Scholarship
money restored?
- Idaho's 9,200 college students will simply have to find another
way to pay that tuition. Their funding was, after all, only cut
by $100.
- For those of us who still have students in high school, we have
opportunity to increase the merit awards that come our way by
developing our students into good candidates for the best scholarship
monies out there.
As funds dry up in one area, they may yet become available in another.
Indeed, Ashford University in Iowa is announcing this week an offering
for full tuition scholarships.
See Announcing full tuition scholarships.
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