I just watched a video about a school called Berea College. It is a small college in Kentucky that pays FULL tuition to ALL its students. It caters solely to low income families and is reputed to have been accepting women and blacks long before the 'Brown vs Board of Education' decision. They do it by combining the donations of alumni and generous donors. They also require that all the students in some work for the school. They however do not ask for more than 10 hours a week from the student (giving them ample time to study and PASS). They offer an adequate range of courses and they have all the popular pre-professional programs: pre-med, pre-law, pre-dent, pre-vet and even pre-eng which is not as commonly offered as the latter courses.
I think it is absolutely awesome what they are doing. I am not asking the Nigerians to, but any American reading this should make some sort of donation especially if you're BLACK.....or mexican (hey lets face it, what color are most of the low income families?). I definitely will! Why this school has not gotten more exposure I cannot fathom.
2 comments:
....first tyme here.....i like...
wish a uni in Naija will do that so indigent kids too can have a chance at education.....*sigh*....we will get dia......
@ ibiluv: coming from the writer of really interesting blog, THANKS! :)
you should note that even in the States, this is a very rare school, and believe it or not, i'm impressed with the opportunities available in spite of ALL our setbacks....
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