Posts Tagged ‘scholarships’
Oakland Promise aims to triple college graduation rates
The City of Oakland and OUSD are pairing up to help Oakland students pay for college.
Read MoreStruggling scholarship committee hopes to send Oakland students to college
Since its founding in 1995, Oakland Dollars for Scholars has had trouble rounding up funds for their scholarship recipients. The non-profit community organization seeks to pry open the doors to higher education that rising costs have closed to many students in traditionally-underrepresented communities. But with more donations coming from board members than from the community,…
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