Latino College Dollars

I found this accidentally while looking for scholarships for women.

LatinoCollegeDollars.org - Scholarships For California's Latino Students

Right from LCD website:

ABOUT US
The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

This website is an initiative of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI), a nonprofit organization that advances informed policy on key issues affecting Latino communities through objective and timely research contributing to the betterment of the nation.

TRPI is an affiliated research unit of the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and is associated with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University.

The Scholarship ProjectIn 2005, The Walt Disney Company commissioned a TRPI study titled College Scholarships for Latino Students: Are Opportunities Being Missed?, which found that online scholarship information was plentiful but often outdated, not actively disseminated, and in English only.

In November 2006, with funding from The Sallie Mae Fund, The Walt Disney Company, and Southern California Edison, TRPI was able to develop an inaugural 2005/2006 printed scholarship directory. This directory listed all the regional organizations that TRPI could identify which award grants and scholarships targeting eligible California Latino students.

Great Tool For Students & Teachers - Trailfire

Here's my Trailfire list.

You can see a lot of the sites for college bound students that I'm mentioning in a very short time by visiting my link to Trailfire. Click on the link above or the title of today's post. You can even make your own Trailfire list and blaze a trail through colleges, scholarships, and resources that you think will help your fellow students.

California Scholarships For Teacher Dependents And Future Teachers

If you are the child of a public school teacher in California, the CTA Scholarship for Dependent Children may be for you. Click on the title of today's post to see the details. While it's too late for 2007, I assume that it will be available next year with a similar application deadline in January 2008.

Twenty-five (25) $2,000 scholarships are awarded.

Below is a link to more scholarships through the California Teachers Association.


http://www.cta.org/temporary_pages/nonmember_scholar_info.htm

If you are interested in becoming a teacher, there are scholarships available whether or not you are a teacher's dependent. Outside of California check your state's teacher organization for scholarships available. You can start at the National Education Association (NEA) to find your state's organization. That's what I did this morning.

Scottrade, Telluride, Venegas And More On The Net

I was pretty active online in the last day or so and finished a post about what we have accomplished at Scottrade and I found a great website for high schoolers along the way and a great Spanish language singer, Julieta Venegas. Love the net and Zune.

Click on the title of today's post to see what I said about our stocks and Scottrade. Anyone a future stockbroker out there? Future Investor?

BUT, the truly big deal for college bound sophomores and juniors is The Telluride Association.

http://www.tellurideassociation.org/

If you have academic goals, you really should check out the website. Here's something a lot of pre-college people might be wondering about. Does it cost anything? No. Well, you do have to get yourself to the site, but what an incredible opportunity for six weeks [!] of college level work and creativity with other people your age. They really look at your entrance essay instead of your GPA!

Here are topics from previous TASP seminars:

http://www.tellurideassociation.org/TASPTopics.html

I'm not really doing this justice. You do need to have some interest, so if you're at all curious, go over this site with a fine tooth comb!

Unintended Consequences

I started this blog to help young people in reaching their goal of a successful college education. I especially want to help those in high school or perhaps younger, but if the information helps you while you're in college, more power to you.

I have included two posts so far on Who's Running for President. My blog has gotten the most attention because of these posts. At this moment if you search AOL for "who's running for president", my first post on this subject comes up 16th. If you Google "who's running in the next presidential election", that same post is 3rd!
These search results are unintended consequences for this blog, yet I'm fine with more eyeballs seeing For Great Young People.

I know some of you will be 18 or older, so remember to register to vote!

Guide to College Majors in Political Science
http://tinyurl.com/38h9fx


Here are links to the Parts I & II of "Who's Running For President?"

http://fgyp.blogspot.com/2007/03/whos-running-for-president-part-ii.html


http://fgyp.blogspot.com/2007/03/whos-running-for-president-part-i.html


Click on the title of today's post to see the Google search for "who's running in the next presidential election".

Auburn University Is U.S. News No.88

We spent some time at Barnes & Noble Saturday night and picked up U.S. News & World Report's 2007 Edition of America's Best Colleges. In the directory on page 135 I found the first listed "National University", as U.S. News calls it, is Auburn. U.S. News & World Report ranks Auburn as #88. Most popular majors include business, management, marketing, and related support services, engineering, education, health professions and related clinical sciences and psychology.

In the upper right corner of the cover I found out about a scholarship program I've never heard of before. Maybe it's new to you, too. AXA-Achievement is a program of the AXA Foundation and you can find out more by clicking here.

Click on the title of today's post to see some quick facts about Auburn from U.S. News.