The college instead relies on donors to finance scholarships.

The money is used to finance scholarships for graduating seniors, provide grants for teachers and sponsor arts enrichment programs.

The money would be used to finance scholarships for American citizens studying engineering, mathematics, computer science or health care.

Starting in 1889, the city financed scholarships for technical students.

The fund will be used to finance partial or full scholarships for Howard University women in their junior and senior years.

Established in 1945 to finance research, scholarships and grants, the foundation has raised more than $300 million.

The washerwoman's gift of $150,000 to finance scholarships at the local college had taken much of her long and lonely life to save.

The law school has also used income from a second endowment to finance annual scholarships for law students from predominantly Muslim countries.

That should finance annual scholarships for approximately 100 students, she said.

For example, this approach, he said, was behind his proposals to finance scholarships at private schools to give poor children an exit from failing public schools.