WI Project to Create Financial Aid Tool for Native College Students

Indigenous college students face many obstacles in higher education, including overwhelming costs and not feeling culturally connected on campus. Those behind a Wisconsin project say another barrier is not having support in seeking financial aid. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Student Success Through Applied Research Lab is using a $500,000 foundational grant to create a "one-stop-shop" for Indigenous students to find scholarship programs and other forms of financial relief specifically geared to them. ...

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