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…
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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 …
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 »
With graduation season fast approaching, many high school seniors are excitedly making plans to continue their studies in the fall. This sobering statistic should give them – and their parents – pause: About 40 percent of the students who start college in the coming academic year will never finish. The nation’s stubbornly high college dropout… Read more »
While the perils of mounting student loan debt are well known and remarked upon, another education crisis is receiving comparatively little attention, despite the threat it poses to long-term economic health.
I am referring to the nation’s dismal …
Scholarship Foundation President and CEO Victoria Juarez (left) was a featured guest on KZSB’s ‘Arts and Antiques Radio Show’ this morning (February 15). Joining her and host Elizabeth Stewart were San Marcos High School senior Camille Lubach and her mother, Lori Cooper. Camille won best of show honors in the Foundation’s recent art scholarship competition.