By Gail A. Schlachter, R. David Weber,
and the staff of Reference Service Press
584 pages, paper
Currently, Reference Service Press has more than 27,000 up-to-date records in its award-winning financial aid database. Periodically, RSP licenses segments of its database to academic institutions, libraries, nonprofit agencies, and commercial operations. Since 1998, RSP has partnered with Kaplan Educational Centers and Simon & Schuster to produce Kaplan's annual scholarship directory: Kaplan Scholarships.
Because each record in RSP's database is coded for dozens of characteristics (gender, ethnic background, military affiliation, religion, grade point average, need requirements, disabilities, residency requirements, type of program, subject coverage--to name just a few!), RSP has been able to select precisely the type of funding Kaplan wants covered in this annual publication.
Drawn from the latest version of RSP's financial aid database, the 2008 edition of Kaplan Scholarships provides detailed information on more than 3,000 of the biggest and best scholarships available to fund education after high school. These programs are open to high school seniors, high school graduates, currently-enrolled college students, and those returning to college after a break. This funding can be used to support study in any area, in junior and community colleges, vocational and technical institutions, four-year colleges, and universities.
Lots of books list scholarships. What makes this book different? The funding opportunities described here can be used at any number of schools (no single school scholarships are included), only the biggest funding programs are covered (nothing under $1,000 per year), not one dollar of the programs listed here needs to be repaid (no loans are included), and the funding opportunities identified are not based just on need or academic record; many of the sources award money because of career plans, writing ability, religious or ethnic background, military or organizations activities, athletic success, or personal characteristics.
This is your one-stop source to billions of dollars in college aid. Perhaps that's why it has been included in Recommended Reference Books for Small & Medium-sized Libraries, called "an outstanding job" by the National Academy of American Scholars, and given the highest rating by amazon.com customers!
