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Foundation Announces 2009 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

September 21, 2009

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 49 Students Scholarships To Attend Graduate School

Foundation Appoints Distinguished Psychologist As New Executive Director

August 12, 2009
Dr. Lawrence Kutner, Co-Founder of Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media, Replaces Matthew Quinn Who Will Retire

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2009 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Recipients

June 25, 2009
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 30 High-Achieving Community College Students Scholarships To Complete Their Bachelor’s Degree
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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2009 College Scholarships

May 12, 2009
Thirty Two Low-Income, Exceptional High School Students Heading To College This Fall. Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 2009 College Scholarships to High-Achieving Teens Interests Range from Rollercoaster Design to International Relations to Music.

 
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Executive Director to Step Down

April 6, 2009
Founding Executive Director Dr. Matthew Quinn Will Retire After Nine Years at the Helm
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2008 Graduate Scholars Announced

August 13, 2008
Graduate Degrees-More Vital Than Ever-Come Within Reach of Lower-Income Students
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2008 Undergraduate Transfer Scholars Announced

July 8, 2008
Even as Harvard Closes Doors to Transfer Students, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Helps 46 Community College Stars Transfer to Top Four-Year Institutions
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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2008 College Scholarships

May 12, 2008
Nurtured Through High School as Young Scholars, 28 Lower-Income Students Head to Elite Colleges with Top Scholarship Award; Talents Range from Songwriting to Science
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Achievement Trap Announcement

September 10, 2007
Current Education Policy Focused on "Proficiency" Misses Opportunity to Raise Achievement Levels Among the Brightest, Lower-Income Students
 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $2.23 Million for High-Achieving Low-Income Elementary School Students

August 22, 2007
Grants are Foundation's First Venture into Elementary-Level Programs
 

2007 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

August 15, 2007
New Jack Kent Cooke Scholars Come From 20 States and 11 Nations
 

2007 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Announcement

June 21, 2007
51 Recipients for Largest Scholarship Award Benefiting US Community-College Students
 

Foundation Rolls Out $1.5 Million Grant Initiative Supporting Twice-Exceptional Students

June 18, 2007
Funding Includes Financial Aid and Outreach Programs
 

2007 College Scholarships

May 17, 2007
2007 College Scholarships: 46 Talented Low-Income High School Students Tapped for Top College Award
 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $10 million to Replicate Successful College Advising Program Nationwide

March 21, 2007
Grant Part of $10 Million National Initiative to Help High-Achieving, Low-Income Students Enter College and Combat the "Loss" of Four Million Bachelor's Degrees

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