Miami Dade College Launches Innovative Scholarship

Posted by Shayna Pollock on March 24, 2011

Under the leadership of Eduardo Padron, Miami Dade College President and CEOs for Cities partner, Miami Dade College released a game-changing scholarship program today. The community college will offer a full scholarship to any newly enrolled student from Miami-Dade county with over a 3.0 high school GPA beginning in fall 2011. The American Dream Scholarship will cover 60 credits, which is the equivalent of $6500.  The Miami Herald hailed the scholarship as a “unique…program designed to let more Miami-Dade students focus on their academic ambitions than worry about paying their bills.” The American Dream Scholarship is a sparkling example of Eduardo Padron’s leadership on the Talent Dividend, the 58 percent of a city’s success, as measured by per capita income, which is attributed to post-secondary degree attainment.