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Trustees Thursday evening approved $3.245 million in additional funding forthe two-yeare school’s Think Again scholarship program. That will alloww students 25 years and older who meet certai n guidelines to qualifyfor $1,500 grants their first year, plus $2,00o awards their second year. The origina l Think Again program, approved in May last year, offered $1,000 grants just for students in their firstf year who were taking at least six credit That credit hour requirement hasbeen “In a way, this programk is Columbus State’s stimulus packaged for the Central Ohio economy,” Columbus State Vice Presidenty for Institutional Advancement Will Kopp said in a release.
“Duringv challenging economic times, higher education has to be innovative in developingv ways to give adults easy access to the programs and the supportf they need to retoolfor tomorrow’s Columbus State said more than 500 studentsz received Think Again scholarships this academic The school’s trustees also approved $250,000 for Programn Completion Last Dollar Scholarships, designecd to support students in danger of not completinhg degrees because of financial hardships. The scholarships will covet up to two quartersof tuition.