10 make finals of National Geographic Bee
Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. Full story
Columbia seeks to have whites only fellowship changed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University, one of the nation's Ivy League schools, has joined an effort to have restrictions removed from a decades-old scholarship offered only to white students. Full story
GRU Gets $66 million Dollar Donation
Born into a farming family Dr. Harold Harrison began his medical career at the former Medical College of Georgia when he was 18 years old. After Graduating, he went to Atlanta where he practiced as Vascular surgeon. His friend for more than 20 years and CEO of the MCG foundation James Osborne tells Full story
Calif. families want chance at 9/11 scholarships
Many of the relatives of Californians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks say they never knew that millions of dollars were raised in their name for college scholarships. Now lawmakers want to give them another chance to apply for money that an Associated Press investigation and subsequent audit found wa Full story
Famed free NYC college to start charging tuition
For the first time in more than a century, famed Cooper Union will charge tuition to undergraduate students, the chairman of the college's Board of Trustees said Tuesday. Full story
Matrix Awards honor women who change the world
Susan Schulz, president of New York Women in Communications, talks about the organization’s Matrix Awards, which will honor seven women who are working to change the world and award college scholarships to 18 promising young women.
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New scholarship for U.S. students studying in China
American financier Stephen Schwarzman announced he is creating a $300 million scholarship program to study in China, which he hopes will rival the influence of the Rhodes Scholarship. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.
Are NCAA players are uncompensated employees of the organization?
Chris Hayes reports on Louisville Cardinals’ Kevin Ware’s crippling injury at Sunday night’s NCAA tournament, and says that there’s a more pressing question at hand: if college basketball players are paid in scholarship dollars, what happens when an athlete is out of the game? And who foots the medi
Is Money 'Poison' For Kids?
Billionaire Graham Tuckwell has announced he's giving $50 million for college scholarships. CNBC's Robert Frank reports Tuckwell thinks the money would ruin his own kids.
UConn basketball coach sets up Sandy Hook scholarship
Geno Auriemma shares details about the scholarship which will help those siblings and dependents of the victims. He also talks about the future plan for the scholarship.
Police surprise student-athletes…with scholarships
Head football coach Charley Molnar from the University of Massachusetts wanted a unique way to present full 2012-2013 scholarships for two of his players, so he called in the police to help. TODAY.com’s Kyle Michael Miller reports.
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