Scholarships as a Tool for Equity
Know-It-All: The ABCs of Education
English - January 07, 2014 15:00 - 45 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEducation education allison r brown education equity adhd ivory toldson juvenile justice natalie hopkinson paul gorski school school to prison pipeline Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
College tuition and associated costs are rising, making it more and more difficult for students to enroll in college and stay there through graduation. On this episode, my guests and I will talk about scholarships - traditional and not - as tools for educational equity.
Nkechi Taifa is the founder of SCHOLARgifts, a crowdfunding platform for educational opportunities. Felecia Hatcher is the co-owner of Feverish Ice Cream & Gourmet Pops. She is also the author of The "C" Student's Guide to Scholarships and is widely regarded as the Scholarship Guru.
Host Allison R. Brown is a civil rights attorney and President of Allison Brown Consulting (ABC), which works with schools and other organizations to create education equity plans and promote equity in education in compliance with federal civil rights law.