Students must first complete their FAFSA and New York State Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, application forms and qualify ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Applications opened Tuesday for a state scholarship program that offers free tuition to eligible City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning incoming SUNY and CUNY freshmen he may have to slash the tuition relief program for middle class families because of the fiscal crisis fueled by the coronavirus crisis — ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The application deadline is fast-approaching for a state scholarship program that offers free tuition to eligible City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — COVID-19 is affecting New York State's revenue, and potentially college aid for the 2020 high school seniors who've had an unprecedented year. Colin Gallo of Tonawanda is about ...

The window is open for State University of New York and City University of New York students to apply for free tuition through the state's Excelsior Scholarship. The Excelsior Scholarship, through the ...

The scholarship covers tuition at SUNY schools for middle-class students. Last week the scholarship website would not allow students to apply. Earlier this week, the state warned that Excelsior Awards ...

(photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) In January 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the Excelsior Scholarship, New York State’s “free college” initiative. About 20,000 ...

ALBANY – The concerns, and panic for some, began spreading in during August, when public college students in New York could not get answers about the status of their Excelsior scholarship awards.

Alaina Hinkley, a recent political science and communications graduate at the State University of New York [SUNY] at Albany, estimates that she has accumulated $21,000 of student loan debt over the ...

The Excelsior program is not incentivizing more students to enroll in college. One redeeming value for Excelsior could be that its simple message of “free college,” broadcast widely by Governor Cuomo ...