PBS NewsHour

This scholarship program gives students more than money

Clip: 01/09/2019 | 6m 34s | Video has closed captioning.

The success of college scholarship recipients across the country varies widely. A program in Minnesota boasts a graduate rate one and a half times better than the national average, and it’s especially helpful for first-generation college students. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the Wallin Education Partners, which has helped more than 4,500 Minnesota students complete college.