Financial Aid

Hundreds of students and supporters of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities rallied Monday in Annapolis to press for increased state funding to make up for decades of discrimination. The presidents of Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore joined civil rights leaders and several politicians in front of the State House to call on Gov. Martin O'Malley to settle a lawsuit alleging the schools have been underfunded at least since the 1930s.

Rotary scholarships The Rotary Club of Annapolis is accepting scholarship applications from graduating seniors attending Annapolis-area high schools and from home-schooled students. Up to four scholarship awards of $1,000 each are available to area students who plan to attend an accredited college or university and have demonstrated a commitment to community service. For an application and information, email cf1729@yahoo.com or go to annapolisrotary.org/scholarships . The deadline to apply is April 1. Relatives of Rotary members are ineligible.

Paying for the mistakes and lies of the staff at Stratford University is something you can look forward to if you or your child applies to Stratford. I have been enrolled at the university since it was under the name of Baltimore International College, and since Stratford took over, it has been a mess. I was dropped from a class and now I am being told it messed up my financial aid and the refund I was due. I always do my financial aid package early but the person in charge of attendance, a woman who was not only handling attendance but was school counselor has been fired.