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"If you or someone you know is a busy working mom, but haven't given up your dream of going to college - you need to hear this story. You can get a full-ride and earn your degree on your own schedule for little or no cost through a new initiative just for working moms, but you have to hurry.
Shamin Shaikh of San Francisco is a busy woman. She's a wife, a mom to a five-year old boy and two older children, and works full-time for the San Francisco Unified School District, as an administrative assistant. Her dream is to attend college, but two things stand in her way - time and money.
"One cannot afford it. Especially if you have a family and you live in the area and you have other things to take care of like family bills and mortgages, rent," said Shaikh.
But Shamin now has a shot at realizing her dream. She's applied for a scholarship through a website called "Project Working Mom." The non-profit is teaming up with five universities to offer $2 million in scholarships to working moms - to earn their degrees online."
Read the full story and watch the video at http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=6344486.
P.S. Have you applied for a full-ride scholarship to go back to school online? If not, you have to hurry! Applications must be submitted by August 31st, 2008 at 5 pm EST! Go to www.projectworkingmom.com today!
About ProjectWorkingMom
The objective of Project Working Mom: Putting Education to Work is to heighten the awareness and elicit support for single moms to advance their education and, in turn, the quality of life for themselves and their families.
We at eLearners.com have uncovered three major barriers associated with single moms returning to school align with three primary issues—time, money and confidence. We are committed to addressing these issues by raising awareness of the crisis, aggregating support for a solution and serving as a resource for single moms to pursue their educational dreams.
eLearners.com is uniquely positioned to facilitate a solution for this underserved population. Online education, for which eLearners.com has become a reliable and trusted resource, is inherently a solution to help resolve the issue of time. Studying online allows single moms to study at any time and at their own pace. eLearners.com also plays a supportive role by providing guidance, a community and comprehensive tools to help single moms overcome their fears and gain the confidence they need.
Regarding the economic barrier, most single moms need financial aid to go to school part-time; however, the federal government offers limited financial assistance to students enrolled less than full-time. To help fill this void, eLearners.com has compiled a
database of over 2.4 million scholarships, valued at $15 billion, in addition to the site’s financial aid resources.
With this in mind, we have launched Project Working Mom: Putting Education to Work and through this project, we hope to become a catalyst for communities to come together to help establish much-needed resources for the single mom population.