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The article presents information on the increasing cost of education at Bates College. This fall, Bates College reluctantly joined a small but growing group of institutions reaching a significant milestone. Its annual price tag passed the $40,000 mark. Of that, officials are hoping to bring in $45-million for student aid in order to make the college less reliant on tuition to pay for scholarships. With so many students applying to Bates for so few spots, the college can still persuade enough smart students to pay full price or take a smaller aid package than another college may offer.

Focuses on the efforts to solve the deficit facing the HOPE Scholarship, the merit-scholarship program of Georgia as of November 2003. Implication of the decision of the legislators to make modifications in the program that added thousands of students to the scholarship rolls; Discussion on the plan to add a minimum scholastic aptitude test requirement to the B-average standard of the program; Significance of the scholarship program.

Discusses the plan to fix a major flaw in the merit scholarship in Georgia. Proposed solution to the problem; Delivery of state financial aid to students pioneered by Georgia in 1993; Complaints of college officials and lawmakers on the merit programs; Significance of merit scholarships in terms of student retention.

Focuses on the debate of whether to create a lottery in Alabama that would pay for a scholarship program and could make community colleges free. Issues facing the Governor Don Siegelman; Uncertainty of the effect of lottery on college access in Alabama; Demands of community colleges, four-year public institutions, private colleges, and college leaders; Copy of Georgia's HOPE scholarship program; Critics of the lottery program; Outlook.

Comments on the state of Louisiana's merit scholarship program as of April 16, 1999. Potential state-budget deficit a threat to the program; Comments of the state's Commissioner of Higher Education, E. Joseph Savoie; Similar programs in other states; Rising popularity of the programs; Underestimation of the cost of setting low academic standards for the awards. INSET: Copying Georgia's HOPE: States That Are Weighing....

Reports on the proposal of U.S. President George W. Bush to put a time limit on the length students may use Pell Grants to support a proposed program that would give low-income students grants to study mathematics or science in college. Effect of restricting the period over which a student can receive a Pell Grant on non-traditional students; Comments regarding the proposal; Additional amount students will receive from the new program.

Comments on the rush to copy Georgia's merit-based HOPE scholarship. Actions of legislators in sponsoring bills which mirror Georgia's eligibility standards; Financing of the scholarships; The lottery as a source of funding; Opponents of lotteries; Income groups the scholarships benefit.

The article presents an interview with former U.S. Senator John Edwards regarding his college-scholarship program in Green County, North Carolina. He emphasizes the importance of college education among poor students in the country. He describes the scholarship program. He explains the need for more public investment in higher education.

The article focuses on a college-scholarship program launched by former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards in Greene County, North Carolina in 2006. The program offers college-application advice to high-school seniors as well as financial assistance for their first year of college at selected institutions. Greene County was chosen because its income and education levels are much lower than the state's averages, said Jim Diana, the North Carolina project manager for the program.

Presents an update on higher education in the U.S. as of April 2005. Endorsement of the continued use of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test as a qualifying exam for National Merit Scholarships by the College Board; Findings of a report on sexual assaults against female students at military academies released by the Department of Defense; Total number of medical-school senior students who applied for residencies through the National Resident Matching Program.

Presents news briefs on higher education in the U.S. as of January 28, 2005. Plan of the University of Colorado Systems to guarantee admission of high school graduates to its campuses; Agreement of members of the governing board of Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law to build a law school at its main campus in University Park; Plan of Nevada Governor Kenny C. Guinn regarding the state's Millennium Scholarship program.

Focuses on the findings of two studies on state-based merit scholarships, which were discussed during a conference in Charleston, West Virginia in August 2002. Issues that were raised; Results of the study of Kenneth E. Redd, director of research and policy analysis for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators; Discussion on a report from the Civil Rights Project of Harvard University.

Presents news briefs on financial aid to college education in two U.S. states. Decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the case about the denial of scholarship to theology student Joshua Davey in Washington State; Status of the state aid reduction proposal at public colleges in Nebraska.

Reports on a debate between South Carolina lawmakers over which areas of education should receive funds generated by a state lottery. Expected annual profits from the game; Amount of budget deficit faced by the state; Proposals of the State Senate and the State House of Representatives on how the lottery profits will be spent; Scholarship programs in the state; Information on how students can receive the scholarship awards.

Reports on the objections of civil rights groups and educators in Florida to the merit-based scholarships proposed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2001. Qualifications for the scholarships; Scholarship categories; Arguments against the scholarship proposal.

Reports on the ruling by a federal judge that Mississippi's three historically black universities must use at least 65 percent of a trust fund to provide scholarships to attract white students. Accusation that the universities had handed out more scholarships to nonblack students than there were nonblack students enrolled in the institutions; Requirements for receiving the scholarship money.

Focuses on the efforts of college officials in Texas to recruit minority students. The 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision which banned the use of affirmative action by Texas institutions; Use of an adversity index to increase the number of scholarships offered by Texas schools to minority students; Role of campus location in students' college choices; Insecurities of minority students who do not feel welcome at Texas schools.

Traces the causes of the dwindling funds for New Mexico's lottery-financed scholarship program for college students. Decline in the sales of lottery tickets; Higher-than-expected tuition increases; Proposed changes in the program.

Reports that Texas Attorney General John Cornyn has rescinded his predecessor's 1997 legal opinion that prevented state colleges from offering race-exclusive scholarships. Court ruling on the use of affirmative action by colleges in admissions; State lawmakers' views on Cornyn's opinion.

Notes news briefs relating to education and states in the United States for the summer of 1999. The ruling of a US Superior Court that Congress can limit immunity protection offered by the 11th Amendment in regard to a sexual harassment suit filed against George Mason University; The decision of the Florida Board of Regents to spend funds on new scholarships and minority programs rather than open two new public law schools; The plan of Michigan to spend its share of a tobacco settlement on biotechnology.

Discusses the United States lawmakers opposition to the efforts to tighten eligibility for merit scholarships. Opposition to raise the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) cutoff; States where proposals for changes failed; Scholarship plans for several states.

Reports that college officials are concerned whether Florida's Bright Futures Scholarships is a worthwhile investment. Results of a state analysis of student records; Cost of the program; Alleged proof that the program was not achieving its aim.

Reports on news and information regarding higher education in the United States. Rise in eligibility standards for scholarships at Alabama State University which were intended to attract white students; State law that was upheld in Oregon that requires divorced parents to pay for their children's college education; Plans by Wisconsin officials to upgrade the state's teacher-licensing system.

Reports the Lilly Endowment, the wealthiest foundation in the United States, will give millions of dollars to Indiana colleges and to the College Fund/UNCF. The amount of money to be given to Indiana institutions; How the money will be used.