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Millions in Full Ride Scholarships now Available
Contributed by: Erik Stephen Keith on 3/6/2008

Time is Running Out for New York Women
to get a Full-Ride College Scholarship


Millions in Scholarships are now Available through Project Working Mom

Working moms in New York have until April 30 th to apply for a Project Working Mom (www.projectworkingmom.com) full-ride scholarship. The scholarships are part of a campaign launched by eLearners.com, to grant at least $2 million in full-ride scholarships to working moms. The first round of scholarships will be granted around Mother's Day with additional scholarships awarded around the back-to-school season.

eLearners.com launched Project Working Mom to address a growing crisis in America - the lack of adequate financial aid for non-traditional students; see statistics below. In addition to financial assistance, visitors to Project Working Mom can take an array of self-assessment quizzes to determine their readiness for online education. The site also has an active online community that allows prospective students to talk with other moms in similar situations.

Please let me know if you would like more information or would like to interview someone about Project Working Mom.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Jenny Foust

jfoust@csg-pr.com

303-433-7020

Statistics

  • According to U.S. Census Data, only 22% of single working moms earn more than $30,000 per year and more than 80% of single moms lack the education they need to advance in a career.
  • 35% of all single parent female family households live in poverty.
  • According to the Institute for Higher Education Policy, in 2003-04 only 54 percent of students attending part-time and classified as "working poor" received financial aid grants.
  • Almost 3.5 million students enrolled in at least one online class during the fall 2006 term, according to the 2007 Sloan Survey of Online Learning.
By early 2008, one out of 10 post secondary students will be enrolled in a fully online education program, according to Eduventures.



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