| Stars may dim for popular NJ college scholarship program |
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| Sunday, 16 March 2008 | |
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By JONATHAN TAMARI It's a rare thing in government: an idea that turned out too popular for its own good. The NJ STARS program, which pays college tuition and fees for high schoolers who finish in the top 20 percent of their class — starting with two years at community college followed by the chance to move to a four-year public school — has grown so large and costly that it has become a target for a budget cut by Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who has proposed limiting the scholarships to students from families who earn $90,000 or less. The change, part of the budget paring Corzine proposed last month, would put a cap on a program that in its first four years won rave reviews from lawmakers and students for keeping bright graduates in New Jersey and making college affordable. READ MORE: http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/               |
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