Ground-breaking grant programs for low-income students: UNC and the City of Brotherly Love at the Vanguard.Despite, or maybe because of, the still-struggling economy and the sluggish job market, both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC and the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. have announced separate grant programs that will ensure that qualified, low-income low-in·come adj. Of or relating to individuals or households supported by an income that is below average. students get a shot at higher ed. UNC (Universal Naming Convention) A standard for identifying servers, printers and other resources in a network, which originated in the Unix community. A UNC path uses double slashes or backslashes to precede the name of the computer. Chancellor James Moeser James Moeser is the current chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a trained concert organist. A native of Colorado City, Texas, Moeser earned bachelor and master’s degrees in music from the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate from announced the Carolina Carolina (kärōlē`nä), city (1990 pop. 177,806), Puerto Rico. Located 7 mi (11 km) SE of San Juan, it is a residential suburb of the capital, as well as a commercial and industrial center. Covenant program in October, with the promise that low-income students who qualify to attend UNC will be allowed to--without borrowing a penny. The new initiative, which begins with the class of 2004, will be paid for with federal, state, and private grants and scholarships. The covenant is reported to be the first of its kind For a state institution, and is expected to cost $1.38 million annually when fully phased in, four years from now. An estimated 300 UNC freshmen should benefit from the program in the coming academic year. UNC defines "low income" as a student living at or below 150 percent of federal poverty level. A family of four with an annual income of $28,000 would qualify. A single parent with one child is eligible with an $18,000 annual income. A UNC spokesman says that other schools are already interested in the concept. The Financial Aid office received calls from officials in 12 other states immediately after the program was announced. Farther north, officials in Philadelphia are establishing a $40 million fund for first-year, college-bound students. In an effort to reverse a low enrollment trend (only 35 percent of last year's 9,000 graduating high school seniors went on to higher ed) they are establishing the College Opportunity Resources for Education program (CORE). The program gives $3,000 to every senior who graduates from a public high school or charter school to cover higher ed costs not funded by other federal and state financial aid programs. The new initiative makes Philly the first city to set up such a systemwide program for its high school students. |
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