Rosemead High School students Janice Trang, Adrian Rodriguez and Andy Chung have each been selected by the Posse Foundation to receive a full scholarship. Trang and Rodriquez will attend Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. and Chung will attend the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
“Posse’s incredible partners are investing time, energy and resources in the promotion of equity in education and social justice,” said a Posse...
This intimidatingly expensive private college is affordable, thanks to the school's large endowment and caps. Grinnell compensates for its nearly $40,000 tuition price tag by meeting 100 percent of student need and capping student loans at $2,250 per year.
A look at the financial health of higher education and look at the dynamics of public vs. private colleges in Grinnell and Iowa City.
At Urban Prep, the only all African-American male charter school in Chicago, every one of the 104 seniors is heading to college. One of those seniors, Cedric Abdul Hakeem, is headed to Grinnell. Cynthia Bowers reports on the high school where failure is not an option.
Seniors at Chicago's Urban Prep Charter School learned which direction their lives will take. The students have attended an all-male charter school in one of school's toughest neighborhoods. Wednesday, the students were cheered for their successes so far and the possibilities ahead.
The young men are used to posing for photos. Wednesday the dignitary is Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. These young men have been watched as Urban Prep...
