December 11, 1998

U. of Alaska Offers Big Scholarships to Stanch Brain Drain

A student can buy a lot of thermal socks with $10,800.

University of Alaska System officials hope that the money also will be enough to entice the state's brightest high-school graduates to stick around for college.

The Board of Regents voted last month to award up to $1,350 per semester, or $10,800 over four years, to recent high-school graduates who are academically talented and who enroll at the

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