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Scholarships can be granted to cover a variety of education expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Scholarships and playing on a college team are not the only way to measure the success of youth athletics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Scholarships are funded from private contributions which yield a 75% state income tax credit in a program limited to $75 million in credits annually.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Lombardo warned in a news release that several hundred Nevada schoolchildren would now be kicked off their Opportunity Scholarships and removed from their schools.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2023

No less than three members of the extended Ford family ended up winning Rhodes Scholarships.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell