EDUCATION
Financial Assistance For Hispanic Students To Persue Their Higher Studies
By: John Goldman H
ispanics outnumber African Ameri- cans yet it is an alarming fact that
percentage of them attending colleges and higher education is startling imbal- anced. They are still under educated as compared to other minorities accord- ing to many sources and still financial hurdles and anti social disparities are considered as main reasons for their condition. Statistics have shown the fact that Hispanics gets less grant money and scholarship and even those who are able to pursue their higher education beyond high school often drop out in between. In order to bring these communities
to the forefront, federal and state gov- ernment and other organizations are being impelled to assist minority stu- dents for the purpose of inducing them to pursue higher education. It has been recognized by economists that more the educated population, in fact more would be educated diverse population
making waves for the country to be more effective at global level. To confront economic challenges
and bring Hispanic students belonging to low-income household into the main educational stream, Governments first course of action is leveraging Federal Pell Grants. Hispanic students in- spired to pursue their careers in health care can explore Hispanic Nurses As- sociation grants and scholarships, the Nursing Education Loan Repayment program, the Scholarship for Disad- vantaged Students program and the March of Dimes Nursing Scholarship program. The Department of Health and Hu-
man Services and Bureau of Health Professions are yet other agencies, which provide financial support to those institutes, who are aiming at as- piring students among Hispanics gear- ing themselves to enter into the health- care stream. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund In-
stitute in collaboration with the His- panic Scholarship Fund looks into the issues pertaining to the undereducated group of Hispanics and offers grants inspiring them to return to college. Those students who are in middle of their college career and those who have completed their two years in degree course are also provided grants under this fund in order to motivate them to complete their 4 years degree course. There are also many colleges and universities serving Hispanics. One such university in California is Nation- al Hispanic University, which adminis- ters Silicon Valley Scholarship, aiming to assist Hispanic students to pursue a specific career. Floridas Department of Education offers Jose Marti Challenge Grant to financially disadvantaged La- tino students who want to pursue four- year degree undergraduate course. Yet another grant to challenge cul-
tural factors is Sallie Mae Corporation, which in conjunction with the His- panic College Fund grants is offering First in My Family Scholarship Fund to Hispanic students from underprivi- leged section and from those families who have not seen the face of college in their lifetime what to say of college education. In fact, U.S. Department of Educa-
tion recognizes the fact that more fi- nancial and social hurdles in the un- dergraduate students life; more arise their chances to discontinue their de- gree course. So many grants have been allocated for Hispanics in particular and minorities in general to remove the financial barriers from their path enabling them to meet their specific needs.
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