The state is facing a $61 billion deficit over four years, and said with the absence of federal funding for the New York State Excelsior Scholarship Program, awards may have to be reduced. Trump turns ...

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 ...

The NYS STEM Incentive Program provides a full SUNY or CUNY tuition scholarship to the top 10 percent of students in each New York State high school if they pursue a STEM degree in an associate or ...

The window is open for State University of New York and City University of New York students to apply for free tuition through the state's Excelsior Scholarship. The Excelsior Scholarship, through the ...

(photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) In January 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the Excelsior Scholarship, New York State’s “free college” initiative. About 20,000 ...

A program providing free tuition for New Yorkers at the state’s public colleges and universities will take applications through February. The Excelsior Scholarship is open to students with a federal ...

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 ...

The head of Empire State Development defended the scaled-back program replacing Empire Zones as the state's main economic development tool as a focused effort that will result in investment and new ...

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 ...

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 ...