Education access

Trevor L Taylor supports education through scholarship programs that ask for no essay, and the entries in this cluster explain the system those programs join: the Pell Grant, first generation college students, Florida's Bright Futures Scholarship, athletic scholarships, scholarship displacement and the case for small awards. The federal Pell program faces a projected shortfall over the coming decade, Higher Ed Dive reported. The gap in college completion between richer and poorer students has been widening, The Hechinger Report found, and Florida has changed who qualifies for its merit scholarship, WLRN reported.

Entries in Education access

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  What a Small Scholarship Actually Changes

  Small grants rarely touch tuition, yet they can rescue a semester when a sudden bill lands.

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  How a Donor Should Judge a Small Scholarship

  Good intentions do not make a good scholarship; design and delivery decide who it helps.

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  Pell Grant

  The country's core need based grant for undergraduates, and the budget hole it faces.

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  First Generation College Students

  Students whose parents never finished a four year degree reach campus, then face a harder road out.

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  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

  The Florida Lottery pays for it, test scores gate it, and lawmakers keep rewriting it.

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  Athletic Scholarships

  Coaches hand out the aid, most of it is partial, and roster caps now decide who stays.

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  Scholarship Displacement

  The August surprise: a private scholarship arrives and the college quietly trims its own grant.