By Scholarship America Updated April 2020 When someone holds a special place in your heart, makes a big impact in your life or changes the community for good, it’s fitting to honor their contributions. This is especially true for those who seek to commemorate individuals through a memorial scholarship fund. Education is the gift that…
By Scholarship America Updated September 2019 If you’re part of a company or nonprofit that offers a scholarship or tuition assistance program, you may find that you’re not getting as many applicants as you expected. Surprisingly, this is a common problem—even if you’re offering just the kind of support that students need, they may not be…
By Matt Konrad Updated December 2019 By Matt Konrad At Scholarship America, our driving force has always been that of community engagement. We were founded on the idea that community support could send young people to college—and, over the last 60 years, we have worked with all kinds of partners to create community-engaged scholarships. If you’re looking…
By Matt Konrad Updated January 2020 Starting a scholarship fund is an outstanding way to make an impact on the world, change the lives of students and leave a legacy for yourself, your organization or your company. But creating and managing a program on your own requires extra time, money and training. Ongoing marketing, application…
By Scholarship America By Matt Hager Updated April 2020 In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, companies of every size are striving to stand out from the crowd. Recruiting and retaining a great workforce is a full-time job (and then some), and it’s no longer enough just to offer a competitive salary and a solid health…
By Matt Konrad Updated June 2020 As students, families and colleges look toward an uncertain future next fall, it’s becoming clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest in a two-decade-long series of massive upheavals affecting the world of higher education. Since the turn of the millennium, the conventional wisdom of American college life has…
By Scholarship America Scholarship America lost a true friend this week with the passing of J. Barry Griswell. Barry joined the Scholarship America Board in 2010, served as Chair of the Board from 2017 to 2019 and was Immediate Past Chair of the Board at the time of his passing. He was an important, ever-present…
By Scholarship America The American Dream begins with believing it is for everyone. Not just the top ten percent. Or those of a certain ethnicity. Or economic background. Or situation in life. We stand for inclusion and equity – for all students, all the time. And we stand strong that racism of any kind cannot…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the landscape of higher education. New information is coming in every single day, and almost nothing is certain as we look toward the next academic year and beyond. The fall semester in 2020 will look very different than past school years, and we’re just beginning to see how. …
When the COVID-19 public health emergency began escalating in the U.S., most college students were celebrating spring break – only to find their lives, and their campuses, turned upside down. In the weeks since, higher education has been going through the same rapid changes as the rest of American life, leaving millions of students with…