If you are applying for a scholarship these days – it pays to clean up your FaceBook profile and your “home page”. In a sweeping research effort conducted by CareerBuilders, a total of 2,600 hiring managers were interviewed to gage their interest and usage of social media web sites like FaceBook. [...]
Criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated, it is important that colleges and universities develop majors in law enforcement, criminology, and forensic science to address these evil elements. [...]
The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced a $20 million plan this week to bolster college going and success in its home state of Idaho. [...]
The American Federation for Aging Research announces that it has been awarded a $200,000 grant from MetLife Foundation for its Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) program. [...]
The University of Texas at Austin is doing something that was thought to be heresy not three or four years ago – they are discontinuing their support for the National Merit Scholars Program. Texas is not alone, but what is more important is that if this trend continues – what will happen to the “merit” designated awards that are found on so many campuses. Will universities begin to convert their endowments to aid “need-based” awards over merit-based awards? Time will tell. The following article from the Chronicle of Higher Education provides some telling perspective on this growing controversy.
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From The Chronicle of Philanthropy files: Minnesota Scholarship Program Continues on Despite its Founder’s Problems |
A college-aid fund in Minnesota is continuing to award scholarships despite its founder’s impending trial on fraud charges, the Star Tribune reports.
Suburban Minneapolis businessman Tom Petters was arrested last year on allegations that he defrauded investors in a $3.65-billion Ponzi scheme.