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 ...

Kudos to state Sen. Jen Metzger and Assemblyman John Jacobson for recognizing that the New York Excelsior program, which offers free tuition to eligible SUNY students, is inadequate and does not ...

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 — ...

Benefits from New York State’s much-touted Excelsior Scholarship have gone to 3.2 percent of undergraduates statewide, and the free-tuition program has covered far more students outside New York City ...

ALBANY, NY, USA, August 5, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Excelsior University is now enrolling students in new Bachelor of Science degree programs in Computer Science ...

ALBANY — New York’s free tuition program has been anything but that for a majority of college students, a new report found. Of the 63,599 who applied to the Excelsior Scholarships program, 43,513, or ...

(Editor's note: The 12th paragraph of this story has been updated to change an incorrect reference to the sexual harassment scandal at the University of Rochester.) Take the free college education if ...

As a way to travel more freely from business to business, state to state, and even country to country, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the Excelsior Pass Plus program. This new pass option is ...

The Urban Institute released a new report assessing how successful New York State’s free college program, Excelsior, has been in the five years since it was instituted. The verdict is not good. The ...

Excelsior College is offering a new online program to help Spanish-speaking students achieve their educational goals. ¡Adelante! – which means "forward" or "ahead" – is Excelsior College’s first ...