Refugees and scholars: Colleges offer war-torn a route to US

BOSTON (AP) — Colleges in the U.S. are opening their doors — and their financial aid — to Syrian refugees.
Over the past year, at least a dozen schools have promised to cover full or partial tuition for Syrian refugees who are accepted for enrollment. They join a coalition of more than 60 colleges that have started providing scholarships to Syrian students since the country’s civil war began in 2011.
So far, colleges have awarded scholarships to more than 150 Syrian stude