PITTSFIELD Berkshire Community College, with sponsorship from Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, is offering select students micro-grants to help them pay their past-due debts and stay on track to graduate.
The program is called the “Guardian Value Scholarship,” which identifies students who are in good academic standing but unable to re-enroll due to college debt.
The scholarship can help reduce or remove a student’s debt to the College which in turn allows them to register for upcoming spring 2018 classes at BCC.
The maximum value of the scholarship is $1,500. If a student owes more than $1,500, they are expected to pay down the remaining balance of their debt before they can register.
Recipients of the…
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