(cross posted from my dean's blog)Forty-seven percent. Within that statistic is news both wonderful and sobering.Nearly half of all of the graduate students who received College of Education scholarships for 2011-12 are the first in their families to go to college. That’s the wonderful part. Those future educators are realizing the American dream of self-improvement. But the number also speaks to the need for financial support, which is especially acute for first-generation students and their families.This spring, faculty and staff volunteers reviewed the scholarship applications. They weighed...
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