Monday, August 28, 2017
75,000 Apply for State College Scholarships, but Many Won’t Qualify
This spring, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo won approval for his groundbreaking Excelsior Scholarship program to make college tuition-free for some students at New York’s public colleges and universities, the state anticipated that 23,000 people would benefit, sharing $87 million in funding.
Instead, 75,000 people applied.
And that means, in a program designed to help make higher education more affordable and accessible, roughly two-thirds of those who applied won’t get help. . .