Scholars Latino Initiative Scholarships

Summary

This fund provides college scholarships for Latino students who have completed SLI’s intensive three-year program and are accepted to college but lack sufficient funds to matriculate.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Higher education is out of reach for many talented Latino/a graduates from undersourced high schools who lack the financial resources to attend college and do not qualify for loans and other scholarship assistance. SLI provides counsel and special programming to improve their chances for admission to college. SLI's scholarship fund makes their attendance affordable.

How will this project solve this problem?

Students participate in an early college Poverty and Pluralism course alongside their mentors that exposes them to college work, complete self-designed structured volunteer service, receive SAT and ACT training to enhance test taking abilities.

Potential Long Term Impact

Providing promising Latino students with college education gives them the tools to succeed in college and assist their communities. This is critical to prevent the Latino population from forming a permanent underclass in society.

Project Message

These students are the newest global commodity. They think, speak, and operate in two cultures. They are one of our greatest resources and we must provide more access to higher education for them.
- Janet Kier Lopez, Project director

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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