| Higher education has been in the spotlight the past | | | | student loans or fund current tuition costs. The |
| year, mostly because of Obama's initiative to have | | | | Women's Opportunity Awards targets women who |
| every American commit to at least one year of | | | | are the primary source of financial support for their |
| college. Mothers are especially encouraged. Obama's | | | | families. Women over 25 are eligible for the Charlotte |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has | | | | W. Newcombe Foundation Scholarship for Mature |
| revamped government funding for education | | | | Women and women over 35 can receive the |
| programs; providing more funding and opening eligibility. | | | | Jeanette Rankin Foundation Scholarship. |
| Many private institutions are following Obama's bold | | | | Some of the regional or university based scholarships |
| lead by offering scholarships geared towards our | | | | aimed at mothers are: The Arkansas Single Parent |
| nation's mothers. Project Working Mom: Putting | | | | Scholarship Fund; Climb Wyoming Program; Ford |
| Education to Work is the newest scholarship on the | | | | Opportunity Program; and the University Women's |
| market. It is a coalition of universities (mostly online | | | | Clubs Non-Traditional Student Scholarship. |
| colleges) offering $2 million in scholarships for mothers | | | | Survivors of domestic violence can get assistance to |
| who wish to go to, or return to, school. | | | | go to school from the R.O.S.E. Scholarship and the |
| The Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation for | | | | Women's Independence Scholarship Program from the |
| Low-Income Women and Children honors a former US | | | | Sunshine Lady Foundation. Women seeking graduate |
| Congresswoman by providing scholarships for low | | | | degrees in marine science can qualify for the |
| income women (who tend to be mothers). The | | | | International Women's Fishing Association Scholarship |
| Fleming Associates Young Parent Program is | | | | and African American women always have the option |
| designed to help low income single mothers get an | | | | of the United Negro Fund Scholarship Programs. |
| education. | | | | Becoming a college mom is simple with government |
| Raise the Nation is a scholarship program for single | | | | grants and private scholarships. |
| mothers by single mothers that can be used to repay | | | | |