Racism

By Trent Ball and Faith Sandler We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. -James Weldon Johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing (authored in 1900 to celebrate Abraham...

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...

Today is Juneteenth, now a federal holiday but long a day of remembrance of emancipation from slavery. Yesterday, I heard a story about a boy whose schooling in Daytona Beach, Florida ended...

Who benefits from Scholarship Foundation scholarship grants and loans? Who makes the decisions and who awards the funds? These are the equity questions answered in The Scholarship Foundation’s first equity report published...

Since 1920, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis has been built upon the enduring belief that an educated society is essential to a healthy democracy.  Equitable education and civil society cannot coexist...

Colleagues at National College Access Network (NCAN) invited me to speak in a TED-style talk at a conference plenary session in front of more than 1,100 people. Three of us agreed to...

Increasingly, policymakers and media ask whether a college degree is “worth it”. Do the financial benefits outweigh the risks or costs? Is it for everyone? How relevant is the learning occurring at...

Believe it or not, sometimes I run out of words. That is why there has been a gap in blogposts. Almost always, it helps me to stop and to listen. I’m hoping...

In a staff of 13, it seems odd to refer to three people as a “department.” So, for purposes of this blog post, I’ll just tag them Superheroes of The Scholarship Foundation....

At 3, my daughter somehow knew to raise her right fist, close her eyes, and declare herself. Doing so did not diminish her love for her baby brother or her desire to...

“Can you tell I’m anxious? new art coming.  I’m excited.  It’s dark, scary…like the way the future seems sometimes.” Vivian, a first-year college student, typed these words into her Instagram post with...