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SCHOLARSHIPS
Harvard University
In December of 2007, President Drew Faust announced a sweeping overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make Harvard College more affordable for families across the income spectrum. Over the past decade we have increased our scholarship aid by 155%, and this year we are awarding a record-breaking $145 million in need-based scholarship assistance to almost 60% of our students.
Our new financial aid policy has dramatically reduced the amount families with incomes below $180,000 are expected to pay, and parents of families with incomes below $60,000 are not expected to contribute at all to college costs. We no longer consider home equity as a resource in our determination of a family contribution, and students are not expected to take out loans, which have been replaced by need-based Harvard scholarship. This new program has reduced the cost to middle income families by one-third to one-half, making the price of a Harvard education for students on financial aid comparable to the cost of in-state tuition and fees at the nation’s leading public universities. For a more detailed explanation of our program, please click here.
Scholarship Program for High School Students
The Guild Scholar Program from the Jewish Guild for the
Blind offers an annual scholarship program for college-bound
high school students who are legally blind.
To apply for the scholarship, please log on to: www.jgb.org/guildscholar.asp
For more information about the scholarship, email questions to
E CITY PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH GRADES 7 TO 12
ELearners.com, a web resource of EducationDynamics, recently announced the launch of Project Working Mom 2, an advocacy campaign that provides working mothers the opportunity to receive a full-ride scholarship to online colleges and universities. The first $2 million in scholarship funding, which was awarded around Mother's Day 2008, attracted more than 50,000 applicants, prompting eLearners.com and five schools to offer another $2 million in scholarships to working moms, in time for the back-to-school season.
The goal of these projects is to help working moms overcome the obstacles of time, money and confidence and to achieve their educational dreams.
To help finance a college degree, in addition to the full-ride scholarships provided through Project Working Mom, eLearners.com provides a database with $15 billion in scholarship opportunities. Visitors to www.projectworkingmom.com will also find a comprehensive interactive website with online education resources, profiles of working moms going to school online and a community of women sharing their experiences.
"In light of today's competitive job market, a college degree is more important than ever," says Terrance Thomas, EVP Marketing Operations at EducationDynamic. "Project Working Mom allows women to learn how online education can help them overcome the barriers of time, money and confidence to earn their degree. The site provides a wealth of information, quizzes and tips on how to succeed as an online student."
The full-ride college scholarships through Project Working Mom 2 are for online programs from the associate's to Ph.D. level at American Sentinel University, Ashford University, Capella University, Everest University and Penn Foster College. To apply for the scholarships, working moms submit a short application and an essay with their life, education and/or career goals, and explain how an online education will allow them to achieve those goals.
If you are interested in applying, you have no time to waste. The deadline to apply for a scholarship at www.projectworkingmom.com is August 31, 2008. The recipients will be announced in September.
