Mothers Have Access to Higher Paying Scholarships and Grants Thanks to Obama’s Scholarship Program

“Scholarships for moms” is the catch phrase of 2009. Part of this has to do with President Obama’s initiative to get every American to commit to at least one year of higher education, especially the nation’s mothers. His American Recovery and Reinvestment Act supports this initiative by increasing funding to government grants and loans while opening eligibility requirements.

In the private sector, some colleges and universities offer scholarships to help mothers get into the classroom. The University of Toledo in Ohio is no exception.

UT provides three different scholarships that benefit mothers who are students. The University Women’s Club Non-Traditional Student Scholarship is awarded to low income women who are “non-traditional” and demonstrate academic achievement. Non-traditional usually refers to women who are over the age of 23 and/or are mothers at the time of enrolment. Women wanting to participate in this scholarship must be a sophomore at the time of application and must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher.