Delaware’s SEED Scholarship: A Well-Established but Lesser-Known Promise Program

Posted by Research For Action on February 10, 2020 at 7:28 AM

The Student Excellence Equals Degree (SEED) Scholarship is a state grant created via legislation in 2005 and launched in 2006. SEED was introduced by Senator Harris B. McDowell and Representative Nancy Wagner, inspired by the Taylor Opportunity Program in Louisiana. The legislation was supported by a bipartisan group of 27 lawmakers, and was later championed and signed into law by Governor Ruth Ann Minner, a graduate of Delaware Technical Community College (Delaware Tech).

Read Full Case Study

We can't do this alone!

Our goal is to make higher education a possibility for every American, without regard to their financial circumstances.

We have a lot to do and not much time to do it, so your support is critical for our campaign to succeed. It’s with your investment that we can fundamentally reform how higher education is financed in this country, opening the doors to a more equitable society.

If you agree with our goal, our plan, and the urgency of the problem, we ask that you give what you can to help us write the next chapter in our nation’s history of continuously expanding access to universal, free education.

The Campaign for Free College Tuition is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in the State of Washington in 2014 to educate parents, students, the higher education community, policy makers and taxpayers about efforts needed to fundamentally reform our nation’s system for financing higher education. This website and CFCT’s educational outreach activities are made possible through generous individual and foundation support.

Google+