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Tennessee Governor Drops Plan to Boost Some College Scholarships

By The Associated Press — January 05, 2010 1 min read
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Budget pressures have forced Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen to abandon plans to increase the lottery-scholarship awards for community college students.

Will Pinkston, a senior adviser to the Democratic governor, said raising the value of the annual scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 had been one of Mr. Bredesen’s top priorities until just weeks ago.

Mr. Bredesen has called community colleges a magic ingredient for improving Tennesseans higher education program, but has so far been unable to fulfill his 2006 campaign promise to provide free tuition to two-year schools for high school students who maintain C averages or better.

A version of this article appeared in the January 06, 2010 edition of Education Week as Tennessee Governor Drops Plan to Boost Some College Scholarships

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