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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 […]
A Queens assemblyman is pushing for the state’s public colleges to adopt policies that would protect undocumented students before president-elect Donald Trump takes office. But a western New York senator is warning SUNY administrators that such a “reckless” move could jeopardize federal aid for students in New York. Assemblyman […]