Yahoo

College promise programs: how students can get free tuition at Texas colleges

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students at Veterans Memorial High School in 2020 pledge participation in AlamoPROMISE, a program of the Alamo Colleges District ...

College Promise Selects 10 Teams to Strengthen Promise Program Communications

Ten Promise program teams were selected through a competitive application process that drew strong interest from programs nationwide. The selected teams represent a range of institutional contexts, ...

Luther College to promise students scholarships, degree completion in 4 years

One of Iowa’s private institutions is making a new promise to prospective students, one that includes a four-year degree ...
EdSurge

As Tuition Rises, Free-College Programs Are as Relevant as Ever

If Cain Sandoval hadn’t earned a full-tuition scholarship through the Kalamazoo Promise, he likely would’ve debated whether attending college was worth the financial burden. Sandoval, a senior ...
WTOL

Defiance College expands 1850 Promise for debt-free degrees to 4 more counties

DEFIANCE, Ohio — Defiance College is expanding its 1850 Promise program to include students from Allen, Lucas, Wood and Hancock counties, beginning with the 2026–27 academic year. The expansion brings ...
WUNC

A state-funded program helped this 19-year-old finish college

When Richie Basile was a junior at Panther Creek High School in Wake County, he came across a flyer in his school cafeteria that changed the course of his education. "In big lettering it said: Career ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Minnesota Promised Free College Tuition. Housing and Living Costs Still Loom Large.

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between MinnPost and Open Campus, with support from Ascendium Education Group, and co-published by The Chronicle. Minnesota this year has wiped out tuition ...
Oregonian

Lawmakers float massive expansion of Oregon’s tuition-free community college program

Higher education-focused lawmakers are pitching a dramatic expansion of the Oregon Promise, Oregon’s program that provides free community college tuition. The proposal would remove a requirement that ...
Noozhawk

SBCC Investigating Use of $20 Million Donation for Promise Program

Money from a $20 million donation has been used to fund Santa Barbara City College’s Promise program for about five years, ...
Columbus Dispatch

City leaders launch fundraising campaign to extend Columbus Promise tuition-free college program

Last summer, city and education leaders made a promise to continue the Columbus Promise, a tuition-free college program in the final months of its initial three-year pilot. How exactly they would keep ...
WFXR on MSN

Deadlines approaching for West Virginia scholarship programs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — The deadline to apply for the Promise Scholarship and the West Virginia Higher Education Grant Program (HEGP) for the 2026-2027 academic year is approaching. The West ...