While the younger students have suffered through the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021, some of the older students have lost jobs, support families and struggled to stay in school.
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When Edinboro University senior Sam Bohen graduates in May, he’ll bring a wealth of knowledge, lifelong friendships and $40,000 in student debt.
“Many students are working our way through college by spending our days in class and our nights on the job so that we can afford rent and books,” Bohen said. “We do all of that hard work and still graduate $40,000 in debt.”
Gov. Tom Wolf is proposing offering scholarships to full-time undergraduate students at the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities who have a household income of under $104,800.
Governor Wolf proposes scholarship program that would help at least 44,000 Pennsylvania students afford college
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) Governor Tom Wolf proposed his historic Nellie Bly Scholarship Program on Feb. 17 at a press conference where he was joined by Shippensburg University President Laurie A. Carter, Edinboro University senior Sam Bohen, and Acting Education Secretary Noe Ortega.
According to the press release about the event, the scholarship would help 44,000 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) students afford college. The program would provide “need-based financial assistance for students at 14 universities in the state’s system.”
The scholarship is named after Nellie Bly, an Armstrong County native who was born in 1864. She attended Indiana Normal School, which is now Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She became a journalist whose stories helped push for reform in the mental health system in the early 20th century.
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