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The State Department, which administers the Fulbright Program. Eleven members of the 12-person Fulbright board have resigned over alleged Trump administration interference.

Almost all of the Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference

Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Oct. 2023 file photo. Demonstrators demand Georgia State University drop its affiliation with Israel following the outbreak of war in Gaza. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Georgia House lawmakers debate bill to strip campus protesters of student scholarships

Georgia college students who get into legal or disciplinary trouble in campus protests could also lose their scholarships, if a bill making its way through the state House becomes law.

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Civil rights icon Andrew Young delivers a sermon at First Congregational Church on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 to celebrate his 90th birthday in Atlanta. A new scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and universities bears the name of the former United Nations Ambassador. McGraw Hill Education, an arm of McGraw Hill publishing, put up an initial $50,000 for the Andrew Young HBCU Scholarship Program, which will fund 10 first-year students next fall who plan to attend an HBCU.

Andrew Young, McGraw Hill link for HBCU scholarship program

A new scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and universities bears the name of former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young.

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Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, left, chats with Joe Lacob, majority owner of the Golden State Warriors, during a timeout in the second half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round Western Conference playoff series between the Warriors and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Denver.

Manning funds Ga. Tech scholarship honoring Demaryius Thomas

Peyton Manning has set up a scholarship at Georgia Tech honoring former teammate Demaryius Thomas. The NFL receiving great died in December from an apparent seizure at his suburban Atlanta home.

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School offers full tuition to 58 students after a scholarship award message error

A test of Central Michigan University's new messaging system "inadvertently" told 58 students they won an award that provides full tuition, room and board, money toward books and supplies and $5,000.

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  • The Associated Press