The next king of Scotland?
Sunday Herald - He supplemented his student grant by investing shrewdly at the local bookies. He wore a denim jacket, Maoist cap and hair down to his shoulders. His time at St Andrews coincided with that of Michael Forsyth, the future Thatcherite and

Aiding Needy Students By Ending Pell?
Inside Higher Ed - Dynarski, an associate professor of public policy at Harvard University s Kennedy School of Government, suggested that the government s student grant programs, including the Pell Grant Program, and the various federal tax breaks for college costs

Youth help grant wishes
Traverse City Record-Eagle - Student grant-making groups comprised of high schoolers from Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties each also divided up $15,000 among programs in their jurisdictions, thanks to the ongoing initiative of the Grand Traverse Regional Community

Are Students Getting SMART?
Inside Higher Ed - From the very start, many college financial aid officers and higher education lobbyists disliked the two new student grant programs that the federal government created earlier this year. To those true believers who think federal student aid should

Santa Ana to close two schools
Los Angeles Times - The decision to close 297-student Grant, a collection of ramshackle portables in an immigrant neighborhood, will save $413,000 annually. The school opened in 2000 as a temporary home for students at overcrowded Roosevelt and Heninger elementary

Santa Ana to close two schools
Los Angeles Times - The decision to close 297-student Grant, a collection of ramshackle portables in an immigrant neighborhood, will save $413,000 annually. The school opened in 2000 as a temporary home for students at overcrowded Roosevelt and Heninger elementary

Bayh touts tuition aid for middle-class families
Times - college education for homes that have at least $5,500 in higher education expenses. Only three students in a home could claim the credit in any given year. The bill, which also would consolidate the confusing array of three existing student grant

College Sports $4 Million Man
Inside Higher Ed - that when the flagship university in Alabama, ranked near the bottom in state spending on higher education the state s entire budget for need-based aid in 2004-5 was $3.35 million, according to the National Association of State Student Grant

The Heart of the Matter
PennState Altoona - Recognizing the importance of this question, the Medtronic representative followed up with his company and discovered that there was student grant money available for research of this kind. Harostock applied for the grant and began assembling the data

Aiding Needy Students By Ending Pell?
Inside Higher Ed - Dynarski, an associate professor of public policy at Harvard University s Kennedy School of Government, suggested that the government s student grant programs, including the Pell Grant Program, and the various federal tax breaks for college costs

Keep America Beautiful Receives Substantial Grant to Advance Litter
PR Inside - STAMFORD, Conn., March 29 /PRNewswire/ — Encouraged by the success of the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, and continuing a long history of support for KAB’s anti-litter efforts, Philip Morris USA (PM USA) has

Private college grant to be cut
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Gov. Ted Strickland wants to increase aid to lower-income students in all Ohio colleges by cutting back on a special grant that now goes to any state resident attending a private school. But try telling that to the tuition-paying parents of 45,000

Two dead in Grant Count dunes, brings off-road total to three
Seattle Post Intelligencer - MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Two people are dead and one seriously injured following separate episodes at sand dunes in Grant County, raising the recent death toll to three in Columbia Basin off-road recreation areas. Spencer Whitman, 10, of Newcastle, was

Cash boost for helicopter museum
BBC News - The new education, skills training and conservation facilities were paid for out of a 290,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Chair of the helicopter museum Captain Elfan ap Rees, said: “2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the first

Johnson Outdoors receives $500,000 grant
MSN MoneyCentral - Johnson Outdoors Inc. has been awarded $500,000 by the state of New York to help compensate the Racine company for losses stemming from a flood last year that shut down its plant in Binghamton, N.Y. New York’s Empire State Flood Recovery Grant

Foundation awards $10M education grant
MSN MoneyCentral - A $10 million grant has been awarded to support an initiative to have Hawaii’s third graders reading at grade level by 2015. The Hawaii P-20 Initiative announced Tuesday it was awarded the grant by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The project, co-led by

Grant will help firefighters get new digital radio system 
Birmingham News - Mar 28 1:38 AM
Brookside Fire Department will have a new radio system thanks to a $48,000 federal grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.Save

Grant Park Music Festival plans far-reaching summer schedule 
Chicago Sun-Times - Mar 28 10:15 PM
The Grant Park Music Festival, the jewel in the crown of Chicago’s celebrated Millennium Park, has announced a typically ambitious and varied two-month season of 31 free summer concerts from June 13 to Aug. 18. The festival, now in its 73rd season, is a joint project of the Park District and the city’s Cultural Affairs Department.Save

Salmon company gets grant for wood products plant 
The Idaho Statesman - Mar 28 11:21 PM
Forest Fuels Solutions of Salmon will receive a $250,000 woody biomass utilization grant to be used with matching local dollars to operate a small-diameter wood products plant, the U.S. Forest Service said.Save

Fire department awarded grant 
The Daily American - Mar 27 9:07 PM
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today $29,475,927 in direct assistance grants to 339 fire departments and first responder organizations through the department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.Save

Group gets grant to help children 
The Natchez Democrat - Mar 28 11:14 PM
NATCHEZ A group of locals want to help make the future better by giving children of inmates a caring hand. The Adams County Coalition for Children and Youth recently received a $182,000 grant to train mentors. Those mentors will then create a relationship with a child whose parent is in jail.Save

Five Categories Funded With Bulk Of Block Grant Funds 
New London Day - Mar 29 3:15 AM
Norwich - The Community Development Advisory Committee enthusiastically endorsed a proposed overhaul of the citys $1 million federal community development block grant program Wednesday and …Save

Lawmakers eye increase in vo-ag funding 
Journal Inquirer - Feb 26 7:29 AM
HARTFORD - The standard per-student grant the state gives high school vocational-agricultural programs would more than triple under a bill being considered by the Education Committee.Save

Petri named Friend of College Access 
Fond du Lac Reporter - Mar 19 2:28 AM
Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been named a Friend of College Access by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.Save

Petri receives education honor 
Fond du Lac Reporter - Mar 12 9:42 AM
Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been named a Friend of College Access by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The announcement was made last week at the associations annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C. Its in recognition of his outstanding work on behalf of students across the United States and advocating for access and affordability, in creating …Save

NHS students look for the Ultimate Gift 
The Norman Transcript - Mar 14 5:20 AM
For more information on “The Ultimate Gift” or the movie, featuring Norman’s own James Garner, based on Jim …Save

Youth help grant wishes 
Grand Traverse Herald - Mar 19 8:45 PM
Divvying up $15,000 last year, members of the Youth GrantMakers program hailing from Grand Traverse County boosted a range of endeavors geared to their peers.Save

Lawmakers mull military style dropout academy 
The Daily World - Mar 17 1:07 AM
OLYMPIA Washington lawmakers are poised to authorize a bootcamp-style academy in Bremerton for the states high school dropouts, a last-ditch opportunity for struggling youth to get back on track.Save

Culinary passions encouraged to blossom
Scoop - Shirley is currently studying a level four certificate in cooking and culinary arts at Weltec - working part-time at a German bakery to supplement her student grant. During my year at Weltec, I have been introduced to a number of these herbs

Are Students Getting SMART?
Inside Higher Ed - From the very start, many college financial aid officers and higher education lobbyists disliked the two new student grant programs that the federal government created earlier this year. To those true believers who think federal student aid should

Santa Ana to close two schools
Los Angeles Times - The decision to close 297-student Grant, a collection of ramshackle portables in an immigrant neighborhood, will save $413,000 annually. The school opened in 2000 as a temporary home for students at overcrowded Roosevelt and Heninger elementary

Fault Lines on Accreditation
Inside Higher Ed - In this case, the Education Department was required to enter into negotiated rule making to figure out how to carry out changes in student grant and loan programs made in the Higher Education Reconciliation Act that became law a year ago. Although

The Heart of the Matter
PennState Altoona - Recognizing the importance of this question, the Medtronic representative followed up with his company and discovered that there was student grant money available for research of this kind. Harostock applied for the grant and began assembling the data

Germany: New university tuition fees threaten students with poverty
World Socialist Web Site - Because students are not entitled to the minimal Hartz IV social security benefits of 342 per month, they can only apply for a student grant up to 580 hardly sufficient to cover the monthly average expenditure of an individual student

Youth help grant wishes 
Grand Traverse Herald - Mar 19 8:45 PM
Divvying up $15,000 last year, members of the Youth GrantMakers program hailing from Grand Traverse County boosted a range of endeavors geared to their peers.Save

Lawmakers mull military style dropout academy 
The Daily World - Mar 17 1:07 AM
OLYMPIA Washington lawmakers are poised to authorize a bootcamp-style academy in Bremerton for the states high school dropouts, a last-ditch opportunity for struggling youth to get back on track.Save

Exhibition At College Gallery Inspired By Survivors Of Abuse 
Oswego Daily News - Mar 15 4:03 AM
OSWEGO, NY - The words of survivors of abuse inspire the one-woman master’s thesis exhibition by SUNY Oswego art student Sarah Haig, which will open March 30 in the college’s Tyler Art Gallery.Save

Petri receives education honor 
Fond du Lac Reporter - Mar 12 9:42 AM
Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been named a Friend of College Access by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The announcement was made last week at the associations annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C. Its in recognition of his outstanding work on behalf of students across the United States and advocating for access and affordability, in creating …Save

Petri named Friend of College Access 
Fond du Lac Reporter - Mar 19 2:28 AM
Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been named a Friend of College Access by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.Save

PHEAA Q&A 
The Patriot-News - Mar 12 10:27 PM
Q: What is the purpose of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency? A: Created by the Legislature in 1963, PHEAA’s initial mission was to improve higher educational opportunities by lending funds to help students pay for college.Save

Petri named Friend of College Access 
Fond du Lac Reporter - Mar 19 2:28 AM
Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been named a Friend of College Access by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.Save

Kamehameha files brief with U.S. Supreme Court 
KPUA Hilo - Mar 17 10:26 AM
HONOLULU (AP) _ Kamehameha Schools continued defense of its admissions policy yesterday with a legal brief filed with the U-S Supreme Court.Save

Academy for dropouts planned in Bremerton wins strong support 
Seattle Times - Mar 18 12:21 AM
Washington lawmakers are poised to authorize a boot-camp-style academy in Bremerton for the state’s high-school dropouts, a last opportunity…Save

Examples of possible effects of Michigan’s Proposal 2 
WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids - Mar 07 3:22 PM
State government programs that the Michigan Civil Rights Commission said appear to violate or could violate Proposal 2: _Some collective bargaining agreements involving the state…Save

Lawmakers mull military style dropout academy 
The Daily World - Mar 17 1:07 AM
OLYMPIA Washington lawmakers are poised to authorize a bootcamp-style academy in Bremerton for the states high school dropouts, a last-ditch opportunity for struggling youth to get back on track.Save

Stonewall grant rejected 
Portsmouth Herald - Mar 21 7:37 AM
YORK, Maine “” Stonewall Kitchen has been denied a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant, but plans to stay in town and reapply, according to company officials and Town Manager Rob Yandow.Save

Saint Thomas facility gets grant for uninsured 
Fairview Observer - 33 minutes ago
The Saint Thomas Family Health Center South has received a $94,350 state grant to better serve uninsured patients. The primary care clinic handles more than 6,000 patient visits each year. About 85 percent of its patients are uninsured.Save

Secret Process Lets Questionable Grant Slip By Stem Cell Committee; Investigate Grantee Before $2.6 million Payout, … 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - 44 minutes ago
California’s stem cell institute’s secretive awards process let a questionable $2.6 million grant to slip by the oversight committee without adequate scrutiny, the Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said today.Save

Cal Recieves $1M Grant For Low-Income Enrollment 
CBS 5 Bay Area - Mar 21 4:17 PM
The University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Educational Partnerships received a $1 million grant today as part of a nationwide initiative aimed at increasing college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students.Save

Rowan-Cabarrus College gets training grant 
BizJournals - Mar 22 9:07 AM
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has received a $23,850 training and equipment grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Office of Grants and Training.Save

A Habeas Corpus Appeal Veers to Capital Issues 
New York Times - Mar 21 8:18 PM
The Supreme Court looked the boundaries of an 11-year-old federal law which limits when a federal court can grant habeas corpus to a state prisoner.Save

School clinic program awarded grant 
Mississippi Business Journal - Mar 21 8:13 AM
GULFPORT The Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $98,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in New Jersey to extend its School Clinic Therapist Program.Save

Hearing held on fate of Grant children 
Detroit News - Mar 20 7:49 AM
MOUNT CLEMENS — Attorneys are in court this morning setting dates for future court proceedings as the sister of accused murderer Stephen Grant and the sister of his alleged victim, Tara Grant, duel for custody of the Grants’ two young children.Save

County grant intended for uninsured 
The Sacramento Bee - Mar 21 12:16 AM
The county received a $442,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente to help treat uninsured patients with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, asthma and heart disease.Save

Counter-drug program gets $200K state grant 
Lebanon Daily News - Mar 21 10:09 AM
The Pennsylvania National Guards Fort Indiantown Gap-based counter-drug program has received a state grant for programs designed to educate youths, parents, caregivers and employers about the dangers of substance abuse, Gov. Ed Rendell announced last week.Save

Town of Winfield secures grant 
Observer-Dispatch - Mar 21 6:32 AM
WINFIELD Assemblyman Marc Butler, R-Newport, has secured a $10,000 grant for the town, said Councilman Michael Peo.Save