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More than 940,000 families will qualify for tuition-free college at SUNY and CUNY schools once fully implemented Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship program, which will provide free tuition to undergraduate students attending SUNY and CUNY schools beginning this fall, was signed into law at LaGuardia Community College in […]
Governor Cuomo’s first legislative priority for 2017 becomes a reality: More than 75 percent of New York’s families will be eligible for free tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools Back in January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was joined by Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to unveil an auspicious plan […]
Legislators and student advocates of the CORE coalition (College Opportunity and Resource Expansion) rallied to ensure that Governor Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship program include undocumented students, part time students and students with disabilities. The Excelsior Scholarship, announced in January, would cover tuition costs for students whose families earn less than $125,000 […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his first proposal for the 2017 legislative agenda: making college tuition free at all SUNY and CUNY colleges for middle-class students. Under the proposal — which requires legislative approval — students whose families make less than $125,000 a year would qualify to attend college tuition-free […]