USA Today will continue its programs recognizing students at four- and two-year institutions, which the newspaper said last spring it would suspend because of budgetary constraints.

The programs, the All-USA College Academic Team and the All-USA Community College Academic Team, recognize student “all stars” who excel in and beyond the classroom. In previous years, the programs provided cash awards of $2,500 each to 20 undergraduates at four-year colleges and 20 at community colleges. The award winners and 40 honorable-mention students in each program were also featured in the newspaper.

The paper still doesn’t have a sponsor for the four-year team but will continue with the program this year, Heidi M. Zimmerman, the paper’s director of communications, said in an e-mail message.

The community-college program has always been administered by the honor society Phi Theta Kappa. That program will also continue, with support from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation as well as USA Today, said Rod A. Risley, executive director of Phi Theta Kappa. —Beckie Supiano