Central Arizona College has launched a new scholarship management system designed to make it easier for students, including hundreds from Maricopa, to apply for financial aid with a single online application.

The college partnered with Chicago-based AwardSpring , a platform that automatically matches students with scholarships they qualify for, replacing a more time-consuming manual process. The goal, CAC officials said this morning, is to expand access to scholarship funding and help more students afford college.

“The number of scholarship applications has increased more than 42% over the past two academic years,” said Jose Dagnino, the college’s director of financial aid. “As a financial aid team, it is our goal to help students access scholarship dollars to help them achieve thei

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