The COVID-19 crisis has upended students' lives and their career plans, including their ability to line up college internships. As millions of people across the country continue to work or attend school from home, many companies and organizations have had to cancel their internship programs, which are an important part of recruitment and diversity…

The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international framework through which countries of the Commonwealth offer university scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other member states, forging enduring bonds between nations and creating valuable opportunities for cultural and academic exchange. Established by…

THIS CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 102 PERSONS REPRESENTING LOCAL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, WAS TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF--(1) WHAT THE VARIOUS LAWS MEAN, (2) HOW TO PREPARE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, (3) HOW TO INITIATE ACTIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS, AND (4) WHEN AND WHERE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED. MAJOR…

Reviews the activities and research projects in education supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Foundation's current emphases are on the humanities, campus diversity, granting fellowships, and working with premier institutions. Recent publications by Mellon staff have increased the visibility of the Foundation's activities. (DB)

Based on a presentation made at the fortieth anniversary celebration of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, considers the effect these fellowships had on the scholarly careers of the women to whom they have been awarded. (Author/ABB)

More than 700 print and online financial aid directories issued since 1980 are listed, described and evaluated in this guide. Listings are divided into the following major headings: scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and prizes, loans, internships, and databases and search services. Within each heading, general listings are provided…

Prior to the 1970s, research about women was largely limited to the work of individual scholars working in isolation within their own disciplines. Women's studies programs first appeared on campus in 1969, and scholarly research about women began a period of unprecedented growth. Organized centers for research about women also came into being for…

This annually revised guide lists awards from state library agencies, national and state library associations, and academic institutions offering undergraduate or graduate programs in library education. National associations, foundations, and other agencies known to grant financial assistance for library education are also listed. Not included in…

The current sources of financial aid programs available in 1991-1992 for and about women are presented. The directory lists over 1,600 references and cross-references to scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships designed primarily or exclusively for women. The directory is divided into four separate sections of which the…

Because it is a relatively new field and is categorized as an interdisciplinary one, urban studies both suffers and benefits in terms of grants and awards. Undergraduate scholarships do not exist, because urban studies is a graduate field. But, since urban studies involves all of the established social studies and a few natural science and…

Like the fifth volume of this series, Volume VI provides information about scholarships, loans, fellowships, grants, and awards that are not controlled by school. Material that appeared in Volume V is not duplicated here. For each aid fund listed, information is detailed in these categories: Qualifications; Funds Available; Special Fields of…

Data on the financial support received in 1979-80 by full-time graduate students in each of four divisions within each Ontario, Canada, university are presented. Data are provided on: full-time graduate student enrollments by university and division; percentage of students in each income range by university for each division; percentage of…

U.S. Office of Education programs in foreign language, area studies, and world affairs are furthered through the National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship (NDFL) program described in this booklet. The 1971-72 program and awards are discussed in terms of: (1) fiscal constraints, (2) program administration, (3) graduate fellowships, (4) languages…

The proportion of blacks in graduate school during the 1980s decreased from the proportion in post-college educational programs during the previous decade. To shed light on this phenomenon, a highly motivated group of 146 black scholars who were in graduate school between 1977 and 1985 was studied. All of the subjects were college faculty members…