Ceremony will take place May 17 at American Family Field By Alverno College - Apr 22nd, 2021 09:22 am
Billye Aaron. Photo courtesy of Alverno College.
Milwaukee (April 22, 2021)
Billye Aaron educator, broadcaster, philanthropist and wife of the late
Hank Aaron will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Alverno College during the college’s Commencement ceremony on May 17 at Milwaukee’s American Family Field. Mrs. Aaron will also deliver the Commencement address.
Cecelia Gore, Alverno trustee and executive director of the Brewers Community Foundation, will preside at the Commencement ceremony.
Ongoing supporters of Alverno, Billye Aaron and her husband founded the Hank and Billye Aaron
In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (Seth Wenig | AP Photo, File)
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, on Wednesday unveiled legislation that, if passed, would make college tuition-free for many families.
The proposed bill comes amid a larger debate about student loan debt relief.
Here’s what to know.
What would the bill do?
The bill, called the College for All Act, would make community colleges tuition-free for everyone and public colleges and universities tuition- and debt-free for families making less than $125,000 a year.
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Sanders, Jayapal introduce bill that would make college tuition-free for many
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WASHINGTON, D.C. â Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced legislation Wednesday that would make college tuition-free for many Americans.
The College for All Act would guarantee tuition-free community college for all students and allow students from families earning $125,000 a year to attend public universities tuition-free and debt-free.
The bill would also allow students from families in that income bracket to attend Historically Black Colleges and other institutions serving people of color tuition-free and debt-free. The measure would also make an annual $10 billion federal investment to cover student support
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