Book Description
Provides information on thousands of scholarships that are geared specifically for African American college students.
Author : Peterson's Guides Staff
Publisher : Petersons
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 24,21 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780768913569
Provides information on thousands of scholarships that are geared specifically for African American college students.
Author : Tony Rose
Publisher : Amber Communications Group, Incorporated
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781937269203
A useful tool for African-American students, this resource lists thousands of scholarships and grants for those preparing for college, the top 32 internship programs, and profiles historically black colleges and universities and post-graduate career opportunities.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309159687
In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.
Author : Jean O’Toole
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 164279483X
Scholarship Strategies empowers students to be uniquely proactive towards their scholarship search process, enabling them to find more scholarships than with the traditional approach through the guidance and college offices at their schools. The current approach to finding scholarships to reduce college costs is not giving families the results they need. College costs continue to rise and so does student loan debt. As a recipient of an academic college scholarship as well as several outside scholarships, Jean O’Toole was able to attend Wagner College, but she and her family still had to pay for the remainder of her education with student loans. A different approach is needed to provide families with different results. In Scholarship Strategies, Jean simplifies the scholarship application process in easy-to-follow steps which any student can incorporate into their already busy schedules. She provides students and parents with a clear plan to decipher which scholarships have the best chances of winning and should be applied to. This easy-to-follow, out-of-the-box approach was developed over a decade of working with thousands of students, giving students and families ownership of the scholarship search process to build on the efforts that their school counselors are already providing. A future can be designed without college debt, and Scholarship Strategies with its 25 clear strategies, along with 15 additional ways to reduce college costs, helps students live that future.
Author : Erlene B. Wilson
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
With more than 1,000 sources for obtaining scholarships--including the government, colleges and universities, private foundations and other organizations--this essential guide lists financial aid programs by field of study and source of funds. Wilson charts the financial aid landscape for black students, tells how to develop a financial aid strategy and details the process of applying for aid.
Author : Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300244916
An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.
Author : Isaac Black
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 2000-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781620455685
Your One-Step Resource for Choosing the Right College, Getting in and Paying the Bill * Inside tips on admissions * Profiles of 100 top colleges * Hundreds of scholarship sources How do you pick the right college? Can you get in? And if you get in, how will you pay for it? Choosing a college is the most important--and daunting--decision facing today's high school students. Unfortunately, when it comes time to narrow down the choices and throw the perfect admissions punch, young people are often left to navigate the tricky admissions process on their own. Now, from the nation's top African American college guidance service, comes help at last--a comprehensive, one-stop guide to finding the right college, getting in, paying the bill, and much more. With insider tips on the entire admissions process, including advice on choosing a school, getting into the elite colleges, writing a powerful essay, preparing for the SATs, and packaging the application, the book shows students how to package themselves. No wonder college counselors nationwide look to Black Excel for resource materials. A one-of-a-kind manual for success, African American Student's College Guide also provides: * In-depth profiles of the top 100 colleges for African American students * Black Excel's exclusive list of hundreds of scholarships * The ""Get-the-Money Guide"" * Extraordinary sample essays * Invaluable Internet resources Whether you're a superstar student shooting for the Ivy League or a high school underachiever who needs a ""second chance,"" African American Student's College Guide will give you that much-needed edge-including the ""real rules,"" insider's tips, and how to beat the admissions odds. BLACK EXCEL: THE COLLEGE HELP NETWORK is the nation's premier college help service for African Americans. Founded in 1988, it has garnered continuous praise for its personal counseling services, information packets, and its award-winning web site
Author : Dante Lee
Publisher : Amber Books Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780976773573
A financial resource guide for high school and college students with over 1,000 listings of scholarships, grants, fellowships, and internships for African American students and students of colour.
Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1893
Category : America
ISBN :
Author : Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam
Publisher : Affirmative Action Deception
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781483576046
I got into medical school by saying I was black. I lied. Honestly, I am about as black as my sister Mindy Kaling (The Office / The Mindy Project). Once upon a time, I was an ethically challenged, hard-partying Indian American frat boy enjoying my third year of college. That is until I realized I didn't have the grades or scores to get into medical school. Legitimately. Still, I was determined to be a doctor and discovered that affirmative action provided a loophole that might help. The only problem? I wasn't a minority. So I became one. I shaved my head, trimmed my long Indian eyelashes, and applied as an African American. Not even my frat brothers recognized me. I joined the Organization of Black Students and used my middle name, Jojo. Vijay, the Indian American frat boy, became Jojo, the African American affirmative action applicant. Not everything went as planned. During a med school interview, an African American doctor angrily confronted me for not being black. Cops harassed me. Store clerks accused me of shoplifting. Women were either scared of me or found my bald black dude look sexually mesmerizing. What started as a scam to get into med school turned into a twisted social experiment that taught me lessons I would never have learned in the classroom. I became a serious contender at some of America's greatest schools, including Harvard, Wash U, UPenn, Case Western, and Columbia. I interviewed at 11 schools while posing as a black man. After all that, I finally got accepted into medical school. Before I finished this book, I stirred a hornet's nest by telling my story. It has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, including CNN, NBC, TIME, FOX, and Huffington Post. Many loved it, but not everyone approved of what I did. My college classmate Tucker Max (I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell) disapproved. My sister Mindy Kaling furiously declared, This book will bring shame on our family! I disagree but I'll let you be the judge.