As recently as the 1980s, vocational training was the Rodney Dangerfield of postsecondary education. To the extent it was acknowledged at all, it got little respect in policy circles, and fared worse with the public – the byproduct of a decades-long …
Scholarship Foundation President & CEO Victoria Juarez took part in interviews with three broadcast media outlets in Santa Maria on Thursday, July 25. In addition to the coverage linked below, she appeared on KTAS (Telemundo). Our thanks to Kathrene Herndon, Jason Orr, and Ashton McIntyre (KSBY); Tony Gonzales (Mega 97.1); and Jose Guzman (KTAS).
Angela Gladkikh and Bryan Barriga are nothing if not impressive. Clearly our friends at the Santa Barbara News-Press agree, as both scholarship recipients have been the focus of front-page features in recent days. Click on the images below t…
Fostering an interest in college among children has long been the province of high school teachers. Increasingly, however, educators are opting to begin the process much earlier, in some cases during the first years of elementary school. This is a we…
“Know your target market” is a familiar bit of first-order advice for enterprises large and small. Are colleges and universities heeding this axiom when it comes to students?
Pop culture stereotypes aside, not all college students are recent high …
One of the nation’s foremost experts on U.S. Asia policy, Daniel Kliman has authored two influential books on changing power dynamics in the region…
The cost of postsecondary education and the burdens it places on students and their families have animated high-profile debates among policymakers and educators in recent years. Despite this, misconceptions surrounding financial aid for college remai…
Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Jose Olvera earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Cal Poly before accepting a teaching position at Santa Barbara Business College. He became a Scholarship Foundation program advisor in November 2014.
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A native of Santa Barbara, Samantha Alvarez earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at UCSB. She has worked extensively with area nonprofits since high school, and became a Scholarship Foundation program advisor in June 2016. What is the most gratifying part of your job? I truly enjoy helping students and parents who are having difficulty… Read more »
