MINNEAPOLIS, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/  It remains a challenging time for students during the ongoing pandemic, and Scholarship America is dedicated to supporting students college dreams. Twenty-two exceptional students have been selected to receive Scholarship America s 2021 Dream Award. The Dream Award is Scholarship America s renewable scholarship program for students with financial need who have overcome significant barriers to make it to college. Since the Dream Award was created in 2014, over $2.4 million in scholarships, ranging from $5,000 to $15,000, have been awarded to 130 students. Our Dream Award scholars represent diverse abilities, ethnicities and identities, with a focus on historically underrepresented communities. They have overcome major hardships in their lives including serious illness, abandonment, abuse, family loss, poverty, foster care, and homelessness, said Robert C. Ballard, president and CEO of Scholarship America. These inspiring stud
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America’s College Promise Act would make two years of community college free
The federal government would chip in three dollars for every one dollar a state puts into the program
April 27, 2021 6:47 PM Martha Koloski
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The average balance for federal and private student loan borrowers in Wisconsin is just over 30-thousand dollars.
Some lawmakers want to make the first two years of community college free to create more trained workers in the state and reduce that student debt load.
Today, a group of lawmakers reintroduced The America’s College Promise Act.
It creates federal-state partnerships to provide two years of tuition-free access to community or technical college programs that lead to a degree or industry-recognized credentials.