D.C. college fair helps students secure tuition grants

The benefits of being a District resident are not abundant when it comes to goodies from the local government. We are often treated to surly bureaucrats, corrupt politicians, schools that need remedial work on curriculum and discipline, along with sketchy streets after midnight when stickup artists roam.

But one of the true rewards of living in D.C. comes by way of the Tuition Assistance Grant program. Every student who graduates from high school and gets accepted to college is eligible for as much as $10,000 a year to defray the cost of tuition. It is the only program in the nation that provides such grants.