Working moms don’t get to take much time for themselves, which can hold them back from bettering their families’ fortunes.
When you’re holding down a job or two and making sure your kids eat right and get to bed on time, how can you possibly make your money and time stretch far enough to deepen your education?
Project Working Mom 2010 has an answer: online classes and a little financial help. EducationDynamics‘ Web resource portal, eLearners.com, has announced the launch of the project, which will offer 285 full-tuition scholarships for working moms to attend accredited online universities.
The scholarships, totaling almost $5 million, will send the women to schools such as Ashford University, Everest University, Virginia College, Walden University, Capella University, Saint Leo University, Allied Schools and Ashworth College, according to a press release.
The project is the fourth in a series of programs aiming to raise awareness about under-education among American adults. EducationDynamics claims that upwards of 70 percent of American adults lack a college degree, which can creates a vicious cycle of low wages and under-education lasting for generations.
“When we first started the Project Working Mom program, we knew there were problems adults faced when returning to school, but we were unaware of the magnitude of it,” said Terrence Thomas, Executive Vice President of Marketing for eLearners.com. “With single mothers, it is particularly acute as only 16 percent of single mothers have a bachelor’s degree.”
Reflecting the great need, previous iterations of Project Working Mom received more than 435,000 applications for around 150 full-tuition scholarships. With the economy in the dumps, I imagine even more would-be students will be interested this time around.
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