<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";
panose-1:3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
p.day, li.day, div.day
{mso-style-name:day;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.author, li.author, div.author
{mso-style-name:author;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<h1><span lang="EN">Funding Trend: College Opportunity Equality<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="day"><span lang="EN"><a href="http://the-grant-advisors.com/2014/03/11/funding-trend-college-opportunity-equality/" title="Permanent Link to Funding Trend: College Opportunity Equality">Mar 11</a> – GRANT ADVISORS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="author"><span lang="EN">Posted by <a href="http://the-grant-advisors.com/author/raysweeney/" title="Posts by raysweeney">
raysweeney</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">With the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization this fiscal year, the Obama administration is focused on addressing college opportunity inequality in the rewrite. In true White House fashion (see the recent My Brother’s Keeper program),
the administration isn’t waiting around for action by Congress, instead attracting private dollars to fund its wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Last month, the White House held a <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pgkdu7t">
College Opportunity Summit</a> to announce its private funding commitments. At the event, 150 universities, businesses and nonprofits made concrete commitments to reduce inequality in access to higher education and “help every hardworking kid go to college
and succeed when they get to campus.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">The following organizations have committed $5 million for College Summit’s
<a href="http://www.collegesummit.org/scholarjob/">ScholarJob</a>: <a href="http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/about/community-investment/charitable-giving/index.htm">Deloitte</a>,
<a href="http://www.darden.com/commitment/community/grants.asp">Darden Restaurants</a>,
<a href="http://foundation.walmart.com/">Walmart</a>, <a href="http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7736">
AT&T</a>, <a href="https://www.mutualofamerica.com/CPA/BillMoyersRetrospective">Mutual of America</a>, and the
<a href="http://sambergfdn.org/">Samberg Family Foundation</a>. The new initiative will help low-income students connect getting an education with getting a great career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">This year, with an investment from the <a href="http://www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/">
Bezos Family Foundation</a>, ScholarJob volunteers will partner with College Summit student Peer Leaders to scale up the program, equipping more than 100,000 high school students from low-income communities in 10 cities with cutting-edge technology to help
them explore careers and to attend and complete college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN">Those with additional questions can contact Grant Advisors Ray Sweeney and Frank Klimko at (410) 934-7652 or
<a href="mailto:askthegrantadvisors@gmail.com" title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to askthegrantadvisors@gmail.com">
askthegrantadvisors@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9486 desk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-706-8757 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">lmason@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/"><span style="color:blue">www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Do not be afraid to give your time to writing grant proposals. Time given to planning proposals is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that
our research, our programs, our collaborations and indeed our whole profession may become more profoundly significant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>