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2008 Graduate Scholars Announced

August 13, 2008
Graduate Degrees-More Vital Than Ever-Come Within Reach of Lower-Income Students

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2008 Undergraduate Transfer Scholars Announced

July 8, 2008
Even as Harvard Closes Doors to Transfer Students, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Helps 46 Community College Stars Transfer to Top Four-Year Institutions

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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2008 College Scholarships

May 12, 2008
Nurtured Through High School as Young Scholars, 28 Lower-Income Students Head to Elite Colleges with Top Scholarship Award; Talents Range from Songwriting to Science

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Achievement Trap Announcement

September 10, 2007
Current Education Policy Focused on "Proficiency" Misses Opportunity to Raise Achievement Levels Among the Brightest, Lower-Income Students

 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $2.23 Million for High-Achieving Low-Income Elementary School Students

August 22, 2007
Grants are Foundation's First Venture into Elementary-Level Programs

 

2007 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

August 15, 2007
New Jack Kent Cooke Scholars Come From 20 States and 11 Nations

 

2007 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Announcement

June 21, 2007
51 Recipients for Largest Scholarship Award Benefiting US Community-College Students

 

Foundation Rolls Out $1.5 Million Grant Initiative Supporting Twice-Exceptional Students

June 18, 2007
Funding Includes Financial Aid and Outreach Programs

 

2007 College Scholarships

May 17, 2007
2007 College Scholarships: 46 Talented Low-Income High School Students Tapped for Top College Award

 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $10 million to Replicate Successful College Advising Program Nationwide

March 21, 2007
Grant Part of $10 Million National Initiative to Help High-Achieving, Low-Income Students Enter College and Combat the "Loss" of Four Million Bachelor's Degrees

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