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Excerpt from Directory of Higher Education Scholarship Programs for Boston Students Dear Students: During my 1994 inaugural address. I made a pledge to the freshmen of all Boston public high schools. I promised these students that if they graduated from school with a 'B' average and were accepted by a local college or university, I would work in partnership with those in higher education and in private industry to ensure their ability to attend. I felt then, as I feel now, that access to college should not be a remote possibility but an attainable goal. Much work has already gone into facilitating this goal. Over the past seven years I have met with presidents of nearly thirty Boston area colleges and have asked for their support Several of these institutions have increased their commitment to Boston public high school graduates. I want to thank these colleges and universities for their demonstrated investment in our city's youth - their continued efforts to provide professional development and training, student scholarships and outreach programs, and enhanced access to higher education through innovative programming. Seven years ago we began formally to document scholarship programs available to Boston public school graduates. We prepared a preliminary booklet with the understanding that over the next few years resources would be augmented. This is our sixth update. This directory brings us one step closer to the goal of helping promising students to gain access to college. It is an ongoing process - one which I will continue to further. But much of the challenge and reward rests with you. As you prepare for your future, I offer my enthusiastic support, encouragement, and best wishes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.