The Community College of Vermont (CCV) and Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) are expanding a program to provide Vermonters with a debt-free college degree. The 802 Opportunity Grant provides free tuition to Vermonters with a household income of $75,000 or […]
Tag: Scott Giles
State News
VSAC’s final ‘check-in’ with Vermont’s high school Class of 2012 shows students need more support
Since the spring of 2012, the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has followed the Vermont high school Class of 2012, collecting data on the students’ college enrollment plans and degree completion rates. VSAC released its final study of this group […]
State News
Vermont State Colleges offer a gift for ‘Green Mountain Grads’
A tuition-free college course for the classes of 2020 and 2021 To the high school classes of 2020 and 2021: Vermont has a graduation gift for you! The state of Vermont, the Vermont State Colleges System and Vermont Student Assistance […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Legislators called to increase nondegree grants funding
The average nondegree grant is $1,800 By Scott Giles Governor Phil Scott’s budget request to invest an additional $1 million in the nondegree grant program will pay off in real opportunities for Vermonters who need education and training for jobs […]
Op - Ed
Help our students reach higher
By Rebecca Holcombe and Scott Giles Fifty years ago, on Nov. 8, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Higher Education Act of 1965 into law. This historic act marked our first commitment to universal access to higher education, and represented one […]