College easy street. (Stateline).The growth of merit scholarships, based on grades rather than need, has fueled a national debate over the very meaning of scholarships, and who should get them. About 10 years ago, some states started offering more of these scholarships in order to keep bright students at home. As a result, between 1992 and 2000, the percentage of students from families earning $100,000 or more who get state grants grew seven times faster than those earning less than $20,000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Department of Education. In Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. , the first state to offer the scholarships, the grants do not seem to help many more students go to college. Only about 5 percent of the money goes to students who would have either left the state or skipped college altogether, researchers at the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. discovered. But supporters This article is about supporters in heraldry. For the use in British English meaning supporting sports teams, see fan (person). In heraldry, supporters are figures usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. argue that merit scholarships serve as an economic development tool for states desperate to retain their college-bound students, with a particular help to middle-class middle class n. The socioeconomic class between the working class and the upper class. mid  dle-class families
who have long found scholarships h ard to come by.
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