In addition to general awards based on location, discipline, merit, and financial need, many scholarships exist that specifically help minority students achieve their dreams of attending college. In addition to those highlighted below, students should conduct additional research to find funding opportunities that meet their needs. Scholarships specifically available for students of Arab, Middle Eastern Read More

Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program was established as a concentrated effort to enhance the Department of Defense (DoD) workforce with talented, innovative and brilliant scientists, engineers and researchers. For over a decade, SMART Scholars have been working within labs and agencies of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Additional Read More

College tuition and fees continue to increase at rates higher than inflation each year and it can be a problem for many of your students as to how to fund that college education. Luckily, there are many great scholarships available to help cover some of those costs. Oneclass.com has put together a nice list of Read More

Finding scholarships for your students can be as easy as them picking up their cell phone and searching in Google. It used to be more difficult to find scholarships but thanks to the internet, students can find scholarships fairly easily. There are many websites that will allow students to search a database of scholarships according Read More

We recently had Signet Research conduct a survey of the readers of our Fall 2017 issue and one of the questions we asked was, “What would you like to see more coverage of in the magazine?”. The #1 response was more national Scholarships and information for your students. Colleges typically offer scholarships to their incoming Read More

Community Resources is a new community-first organization that provides resources, tools, and guides to neighborhoods and families.  Based on a combination of feedback from families and their own research, they created an unbiased scholarship guide that is valuable for students and parents. This guide breakdowns the best scholarship platforms and instruct users on how to Read More

  We recently surveyed Counselors who received and read the Fall 2017 issue of LINK for Counselors. One of the questions we asked is what would you like to see more of in the magazine. The #1 response was more information on Scholarships. As a resultt we launched a new column called Scholarship Watch to Read More

ULoop recently published a summary of the 5 Types of Scholarships that students should look for. Here is the summary of each type: 1. Academic and Merit Scholarships   Academic scholarships have a variety of requirements; one may require a minimum GPA, while another will require a specific score on the SAT or ACT. These Read More

One of my pet peeves are these companies that entice students on the web with Scholarship dollars and at the end of the registration process they spring on the students that there is a fee to apply. Your students should never have to pay to apply for scholarships (which are offered free). Companies like Fastweb Read More