Scholarshipzone

In Georgia, need-based scholarships for college have been done away with, in order to dedicate more financial aid for school to merit-based scholarship programs. While this policy has been in place for 20 years, according to the Wall Street Journal, some experts aren't convinced this strategy is fair to students from low-income communities.
"The money is being slowly taken away from the students who need it most," Shannon McGhee, the associate director of financial planning at Mercer University, in Macon, Ga, told the news source.…

Recently more than 250 golfers competed in a celebrity golf tournament that scrounged up $140,000 that will be set aside from financial aid for college at Lone Star College. 
According to YourHoustonNews, the event took place at the Woodlands Country Club Palmer and Tournament Courses.
"The Lone Star College Foundation Golf Tournament is about building community, connecting with our donors, and supporting students," Darcy Mingoia, executive director the LSC Foundation, told the news source.…

The San Diego Foundation - the biggest resource of financial aid for college in the county - is providing scholarships for college to graduating high school seniors, students already in college and grad students. There are also scholarships for those studying vocational trades and former students looking to restart their education.
According to the organization, it sponsored 650 students who received a total of $2.5 million in financial aid for college in 2011.…

A report from the Fort Morgan Times states that 250 Legacy scholarships from the Elks Foundation are slated to be given to 250 high school seniors. Applications are due Feb. 1 at 11 a.m., and includes $4,000 designated for grants for education for descendants of living Elks who joined the organization before April of 2010. Great-grandchildren don't qualify for the college scholarships.…

Recently, CBS Moneywatch released a report explaining that students may be able to find extra money for college in unexpected places.
Contrary to the presumption of many that the most financial aid for school comes from private organizations such as employers, nonprofits and foundations, CBS advises students to look at scholarships for college offered by the higher-learning institutions they're applying to.…

In a post many students currently undergoing the process of applying to college may be able to relate to, New York Times blogger Sush Krishnamoorthy likened the process of filling out her Stanford application to game a Tetris. No matter how perfectly all the pieces fit when she envisions the ideal scenario in her mind, she can only hope that she's predicted all the variables.…

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs available in the field of nursing are expected to grow by more than 25 percent by 2020. The agency considers that faster than average, and attributes the expected increase in demand for nurses to the aging baby boomer generation, which will require more assistance as they enter their twilight years.…

Prospective students hoping to someday pilot a commercial airliner or another craft across the sky may want to look into these college scholarship opportunities pointed out by U.S. News and Report.
The news source directs readers to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which doles out almost 30 $10,000 scholarships for college every year. Qualifying students should be at least in their sophomore year, and be aiming for careers in science, technology engineering or math.…

Most California-area college students likely think of Disneyland as either a place where they had a magic vacation during their childhood years, or a place they wish their parents had taken them. However, let it be known that Disneyland also intends to be a source of money for college for 10 Orange County high school seniors.
A report from Corona Del Mar Today explains that qualifying students will need to be graduating from a public, private or charter school at the end of the 2013 semester, and have earned at grade point average of at least 3.0.…

The highest amount of financial aid for school ever provided for undocumented immigrants has been granted to students at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. One million dollars will be dispersed as scholarships for college among almost 200 students. Most of the qualifying applicants will be undocumented students who arrived in the U.S. as small children, but only recently became eligible for financial aid for college due to the 2011 California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.…