My Career Scholarship Program

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Executive Summary Today’s students are faced with the realization that paying for college costs more than the median household income of $51, 000. The rise in college cost and the difficult economic recovery are some of the reasons that college has become financially unattainable for many individuals. While there are government grants and financial aid, a high number of students still face too great an affordability challenge when contemplating the move to higher education.

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About HBCU LInkup…………………………………..

My Career Scholarship Program……………

Scholarship Partner………………………………..

About the program…………………………………

How Does It Work…………………………………..

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Trillion Dollar Crisis America is faced with raising new questions about the wisdom of decades of public policy that focused on increasing access to higher learning but paid less attention to what happens once students arrive on campus. And some education experts have begun to argue that starting college — and going into debt to pay for it — without a clear plan for a diploma is a recipe for disaster

Students who pay for school themselves are more likely to dropout due to financial issues that those who get help from their families, according to a survey conducted by Public Agenda reported by the New York Times. Many students are faced with the reality that they may not graduate on time, due to class scheduling, changing majors and other factors. The survey shows that 2.8 million new students enroll in higher education every year. Of this number, only one in five students who enroll in an associate's degree program graduate in three years, and two in five who enroll in a four-year plan graduate in six years. Students who face paying for tuition themselves may not be able to afford the tuition for extra years.

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More borrowers are dropping out of college

A greater percentage of borrowers had dropped out of college by 2009 than by 2001, with for-profit schools seeing the greatest increases in dropouts.

Sources: Education Sector; National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education. The Washington Post. Published on May 28, 2012, 6:32 p.m.

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ABOUT HBCU Linkup HBCULINKUP.COM is a National online Network focused on providing college information, support and educational opportunities. This site offers Junior High, High School and College Students the opportunity to upload their academic and athletic profiles. Members will be linked with universities, colleges, organizations, other students and education advisors. HBCU Linkup also provides corporations the opportunity to offer career openings for students.

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My Career Scholarship Program TITLE: My Career Scholarship Program

DATE: School Year Program

OBJECTIVE: To Prepare high school students for college starting in their freshman year

GOAL: Skills involved • Improved Reading • Improved Writing • Improved Researching • Improved Speech • Improved Reading Comprehension

SUPPORTERS: HBCU Linkup has developed substantial relationships with Colleges, On-Line Social Media Companies as well as On-Line Scholarship Links. THERE IS NO COST TO SIGNUP WITH HBCU LINKUP AND ITS PARTNERS.

PARTICIPANTS: High Schools Freshmen through Senior classes

FORMAT: • The program is intended to follow each high school Freshmen Class through freshmen year of college

• Each student will pick a career and college major • Student will search scholarships through HBCU Linkup partnerships and

links • Students will apply to at least (1) scholarship per month. • Once a student has selected a scholarship, they will bring the

information to school and discuss the scholarship with their college counselor/ teacher.

• Participating students will Complete all the information pertaining to each scholarship monthly

• Once the student has completed the essay, they are then required to read it in class as an exercise.

REWARD After the first year students will begin to improve their reading, writing, presentation skills, researching skills and the experience of being awarded real scholarships for academic performance.

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Scholarship Partner Zinch.com, a Chegg service is a networking site which allows students to learn about, get recruited by, and interact with colleges and universities from all over the world. We have partnered with Chegg and can now make available a first class scholarship tracking engine. Based on HBCU Link-Up’s comprehensive student profile, we can match students to any scholarship available. Students tell us who they are...and we link them up with scholarships that matter.

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About the Program My Career Scholarship Program Description:

This program outlines how local high schools can begin to prepare their students to position themselves financially for colleges as well as selective trade schools. This scholarships training tool has more benefits than just financial rewards. By creating a Career Scholarship Program, students will begin to see an improvement in their reading, writing, comprehension and verbal presentation skills. Today, many schools have a greater challenge meeting required skill levels for reading, writing and comprehension. Presenting students the opportunity to receive financial rewards for their efforts can be a great motivator as well as generating a sense of accomplishment.

HBCU Linkup will provide all necessary support to facilitate the involvement of students, teachers and parents. Once the students has filled out their online profile, HBCU Linkup will personally contact each student and assist them with their selection of colleges, scholarships and any other support they may need.

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The Zinch, system allows students in as early as the 9th grade to place their profile on their site where by the program will seek out as many scholarships that apply to that student’s grade, major, personal interests and many other factors that can help provide potential funding for their college tuition.

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HOW DOES IT WORK? Schools will have the option to enroll their students in HBCULinkup.com and Zinch at school site or encourage each student to sign up at home. Once enrolled, Students from the ninth grade and higher will immediately be able to access thousands of dollars in scholarships based on their changing academic profiles. This can be tracked online. When teachers sign in to HBCULinkup.com they can open their own scholarship group. Once the group is up, the teacher will allow only students from their class or school to participate in the group. Teachers can start immediately communicating with HBCU Linkup staff as well as their own students. Students will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with class mates as they review career and goals. Students will have an opportunity to speak with HBCU Linkup staff and other support services.