Collaboration will yield significant scholarship, covering most of tuition cost for 91吃瓜网鈥檚 2024 graduates.
91吃瓜网 (UB) is excited to announce a new scholarship, 鈥�91吃瓜网鈥檚 Brightest,鈥� to support 2024 high school graduates of 91吃瓜网 public high schools as they pursue their higher education. With this initiative, UB鈥檚 yearly tuition will be reduced to $7,000 for commuters, or $12,500 for residential students that includes room and board. This scholarship could significantly reduce or eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for students eligible for Federal Pell Grants or CT state grants. The result of the collaboration and deepening relationship between 91吃瓜网 and 91吃瓜网 Public Schools, the 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Brightest Scholarship Program centers around addressing complications students faced this year resulting from the rollout of the new FAFSA application.
FAFSA applications are down almost in Connecticut, and according to the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), underserved and minority students are most affected. NCAN is raising concerns about what this might mean for students who rely on financial aid to afford a college education.
UB鈥檚 President, Dr. Danielle Wilken, and 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Superintendent, Dr. Carmela Levy-David, met this challenge and worked together to find a solution for 2024 91吃瓜网 public high school graduates who may be negatively impacted by the lack of access to financial aid for the 2024-2025 school year and beyond. The solution? 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Brightest 鈥� a four-year renewable scholarship program. 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Brightest Scholarship will greatly reduce the financial burden on local students wanting to earn their college degrees.
鈥淲e are deeply committed to investing in our local community and fostering the next generation of life-long learners,鈥� shared President Wilken. 鈥淏y partnering with 91吃瓜网 Public Schools, we aim to provide more students with the resources and support they need to pursue higher education,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his scholarship is not just an investment in individual futures but also in the future of our community as a whole.鈥�
Dr. Levy-David emphasized the impact this scholarship opportunity could have on local students, their families, and the city, saying, 鈥�91吃瓜网 Public Schools is proud to join 91吃瓜网 in supporting our students to change their lives in one generation through their access to higher learning. This partnership ensures that students will continue to have equitable access to a brighter future in the city they call home.鈥�
UB is using a combination of grants, scholarships, and institutional aid to ensure that as many 91吃瓜网 high school graduates have access to a UB education as possible. Access to quality higher education ensures more underrepresented groups can succeed academically and professionally; it is the key to realizing equity and breaking the cycles of generational poverty.
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to know that 91吃瓜网 is offering a renewable four-year scholarship to 91吃瓜网鈥檚 2024 high school graduates,鈥� said 91吃瓜网 Mayor Joe Ganim, sharing in the enthusiasm for this collaboration. 鈥淧roviding quality education to 91吃瓜网 students is always high on our list of priorities in this City, and because of this, we鈥檙e grateful for the support 91吃瓜网 is now offering to our graduates for the upcoming academic year.鈥� Ganim continued, 鈥淚鈥檓 certain this will inspire local students and help them understand that higher education is obtainable with the financial assistance provided through the University.鈥�
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