Democracy

If you are reading this post, it is highly likely you support educational opportunity and know that a degree benefits not only the holder of it but also the community in which...

Today is April 15, a deadline for U.S. taxpayers and for applicants to The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Applications to the Foundation for approximately $7.5 million in scholarship grant and interest-free...

“To provide scholarships.…is a social strategy of the first order. It is the permanent line of social defense. It is moreover a vital part of public economy. Education is our common cause,...

Richard Atkins, former Scholarship Foundation board member and lifelong champion of educational opportunity and democracy, passed away on December 16, 2024. Richard joined the board in 2004 and was nominated by friend...

  Look, there is a reason that in the days following a tumultuous election a host of horrible text blasts and threatening messages are being sent to high school and college students...

It already wasn’t fair. Affirmative action on the basis of race in admissions ended with the late June decision of the United States Supreme Court. Public mourning of “Affirmative Action” (as though...

Editor’s Note: Late last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions on two matters of great importance to the students and staff of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis...

In May 2022, The Scholarship Foundation announced a new voter engagement internshipwith Action St. Louis, a grassroots racial justice organization that seeks to build politicalpower for Black communities in the St. Louis...

Guest Blogger Beth Andrews joined the staff of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis in 2015. In summer, 2019 Beth first set foot on a college campus when she coordinated a student...

You really never know which one in the room is the prophet. Richard Atkins, an architect in private practice, served on the board of directors of The Scholarship Foundation from 2004-2015. He...

I’m calling our attention to love. In the midst of partisan rancor, governance without civility, and professionalizing ourselves away from seeing another person’s pain, so many of us are physically and emotionally...

In a terribly troubling time, a student’s application essay reminds us of our roots and of our responsibilities. Mendel Rosenberg and Rosa* crossed paths while she was in high school. Rosa’s application...