{"id":174871,"date":"2023-03-28T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T23:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174871"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T23:01:04","slug":"leeward-cc-access-and-returning-adults-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/28\/leeward-cc-access-and-returning-adults-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Get up to $1K for Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> fall tuition for new, returning students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-1.jpg\" alt=\"A group of students sitting on grass\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-174873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students who plan to attend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> during the fall 2023 semester may be eligible for tuition assistance through the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/scholarships#:~:text=Class%20of%202023%20Access%20Scholarship,CC%20as%20your%20home%20campus.\">Access and Returning Adults Scholarships<\/a>. These scholarships do not need repayment and do not require an application.<\/p>\n<p>Since the inception of the Access Scholarship in fall 2021, more than $330,000 has been awarded to incoming high school students. This year, high school seniors graduating in 2023 from the list of eligible schools (below) can get up to $1,000 through the Access Scholarship, if they apply to Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> by April 1, and register for at least six credits by May 1.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Aiea\">&#699;Aiea<\/span> High School<\/li>\n<li>Campbell High School<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Technology Academy\u2013<abbr>PCS<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kamaile Academy\u2013<abbr>PCS<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kapolei Charter School <abbr>PCS<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Kapolei High School<\/li>\n<li>Leilehua High School<\/li>\n<li>Mililani High School<\/li>\n<li>N\u0101n\u0101kuli High and Intermediate School<\/li>\n<li>Radford High School<\/li>\n<li>Pearl City High School<\/li>\n<li>Waialua High and Intermediate School<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> High School<\/li>\n<li>Waipahu High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A student with a laptop and notebook\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-174874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/leeward-cc-scholarships-students-gnrc-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in fall 2022, an additional $27,000 has been awarded to adults returning to school. Students who were enrolled at Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> from fall 2015&#8211;fall 2022 but stopped out and did not earn an undergraduate degree from any University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> campus are eligible to receive up to $1000 through the Returning Adults Scholarship if they apply to Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> by April 1 and register for at least 6 credits by May 1.<\/p>\n<p>If a prospective student misses the initial deadline, financial aid is still available for those who register later. These awards apply to both the Access and Returning Adults Scholarships:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$750 if registered between May 2&#8211;June 1<\/li>\n<li>$500 if registered between June 2&#8211;July 1<\/li>\n<li>$250 if registered between July 2&#8211;August 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award amount will be calculated during registration and paid out on the first day of instruction.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about these scholarships, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/scholarships\">https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/scholarships<\/a> or contact the Outreach and Recruitment Office:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access Scholarship&#8212;(808) 455-0533 or <a href=\"mailto:lrecruit@hawaii.edu\">lrecruit@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Returning Adults Scholarship&#8212;(808) 455-0376 or <a href=\"mailto:return@hawaii.edu\">return@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Access and Returning Adults Scholarships do not need repayment and do not require an application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[678,65,572],"class_list":["post-174871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-financial-aid","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-scholarship","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174871"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174885,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174871\/revisions\/174885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}