{"id":27,"date":"2010-02-05T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2013-04-03T11:13:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T15:13:49","slug":"making-a-difference-in-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/how-we-make-a-difference\/making-a-difference-in-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference in High Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The University is committed to education in our classrooms and beyond.<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"157\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/degree.jpg\" alt=\"degree\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/>\u201cBOSTON UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN THE NEXT STEP OF MAKING AN EDUCATION AFFORDABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS LATEST INVESTMENT SYMBOLIZES THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BOSTON UNIVERSITY ENJOYS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">THOMAS MENINO<br \/>\nMayor, City of Boston<\/h5>\n<h3>The nation\u2019s first and largest scholarship program for urban public schools is right here on Commonwealth Avenue.<\/h3>\n<p>Since 1973, the <strong>Boston High School Scholars Program<\/strong> has helped secure a higher education for students who otherwise might not be able to go to college.<\/p>\n<p>This program, the longest-running and largest in the country, awards four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Boston public high school seniors selected not only for academic achievement, but for a determining quality not measured by SAT scores: motivation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"299\" width=\"450\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/08_1410_067.jpg\" alt=\"08_1410_067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145 alignright\" \/>Since its inception, the program has provided more than $139 million to 1,800 students.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, Boston University has expanded the opportunities for Boston public high school students by awarding community service scholarships, which meet the full calculated financial eligibility of any admitted Boston public schools high school graduate.\u00a0 In FY11 alone, the University committed $10.8 million to 320 Boston residents, representing an increase in diversity and in students who are the first in their family to attend college.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Boston University awards four-year scholarships to outstanding graduates of\u00a0Roxbury Community College. Boston public school teachers and Boston city employees are also eligible for scholarships to graduate programs at Boston University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is committed to education in our classrooms and beyond. \u201cBOSTON UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN THE NEXT STEP OF MAKING AN EDUCATION AFFORDABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS LATEST INVESTMENT SYMBOLIZES THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BOSTON UNIVERSITY ENJOYS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON.\u201d THOMAS MENINO Mayor, City of Boston The nation\u2019s first and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}