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Working at Scholarship America

Scholarship America is a national organization with principal offices in Minneapolis and St. Peter, Minnesota.

The staff at Scholarship America is committed to the organization’s mission of expanding access to educational opportunities by involving and assisting communities, corporations, foundations, organizations, and individuals in their support of students and in their encouragement of students’ educational achievement. Employees of Scholarship America find their work to be meaningful and gratifying as they come together to meet this challenge and impact the lives of students on a daily basis.

Scholarship America knows valuing diversity is important to ensure success in serving clients. Scholarship America does not tolerate discriminating behavior. Scholarship America demonstrates commitment to diversity by recruiting and hiring a diverse workforce to reflect the clients we serve. Scholarship America also respects employees by listening and responding to their diverse needs.

Scholarship America acknowledges that its employees are its number one resource, and strives to recognize and reward each employee’s contribution to its success by offering a staff incentive plan, by presenting service anniversary awards, and by providing a comprehensive benefit package. Click to read more about Scholarship America's employment benefits.

It is the policy of Scholarship America that all external candidates for employment in staff (regular, temporary and seasonal) have criminal and other background information verified as a condition of employment.

Scholarship America is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Keeping Dreams Alive

Vanessa Scholarship America's Dreamkeepers program provides emergency financial assistance to students at community colleges across the country who are faced with unexpected financial crises. These awards -- averaging $500 -- often make the difference between staying in school and dropping out.

Katie Couric Gives Back

StudentAll profits from Couric's new book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got," will be donated to Scholarship America, the charity selected by Couric, to further the mission of ensuring education beyond high school for all students.

Our Strategic Plan

2012-2025
Our mission is to make postsecondary education possible for all students; our goal is to assist 750,000 students in completing their education beyond high school by 2025. Our CEO, Lauren Segal, outlines the plan in this video.

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