Barnes & Noble College has awarded Penn State Abington two grants totaling $16,000 to fund student purchases of digital courseware access and to support financial literacy education.

A $15,000 grant will allow more than 100 Pell-grant eligible students to offset the cost of digital course materials. More than 40% of Abington students receive federal Pell grants.

“Some students have to choose between buying access to textbooks and eating that day or week or paying their rent,” Kole Barclay, the Abington Student Government Association president, said.

A second grant for $1,000 will be used to support financial literacy education.

For the full story, you can read PSU News’ article here.

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