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  • September Member Spotlight: Chicago Scholars
    Posted: 2/3/2012
    September Member Spotlight: Chicago Scholars
    Interview with: Karen Foley, President, Chicago Scholars
    Interviewed by: Carrie Tate, NPEA Member Services Associate
    Contact Karen Foley for more information.

    Total number of students served: 800 in the academic year 2010-2011
    Number of Chicago neighborhoods represented in CS: 69 of 77
    Number of staff: We have a full time staff of 12 (including a fellow) and 5 part-time staff. We have over 200 volunteers ages 23-63 representing over 50 different industries, and we have 80 Scholars peer-mentoring.

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  • Pullman Educational Foundation Application NOW Available Online
    Posted: 2/1/2012
    Please apply for the Pullman Educational Foundation Scholarship! Applications are now available online for high school seniors. Apply before March 31st, 2012.
    http://www.pullmanfoundation.org/scholarships.htm
  • Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability
    Posted: 1/27/2012
    By TAMAR LEWIN
    Published: January 27, 2012

    President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that for the first time would tie colleges? eligibility for campus-based aid programs ? Perkins loans, work-study jobs and supplemental grants for low-income students ? to the institutions? success in improving affordability and value for students, administration officials said.


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  • New York Times Article: Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
    Posted: 1/18/2012
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  • Education Week Article
    Posted: 12/14/2011
    Please read the following article, Guidance on Race-Based Factors Gets Polarized Response by Mark Walsh which discusses Education Week matters.
    http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/09/14race.h31.html?tkn=ZVVFzuJiZKGKWot
  • Congratulations! From The Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust
    Posted: 12/1/2011
    Chicago Scholars Foundation wins $10,000 grant from the Chicago Sun Times Charity Trust! Thank you to all of our supporters for your continued committment to our cause and to our students!

    Check out the featured article below:

    http://www.suntimes.com/charitytrust
  • New York Times Education Blog
    Posted: 11/8/2011
    Part 1: Answers to Your Questions on Applying With a Lerarning Disability By: Marybeth Kravets


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