We set out 10 years ago focused on one thing:  reduce the burden of college expense for low income students.  As we talked with experts in financial aid, education, student support and student development back then, we were overwhelmed:  there are too many bright, capable young people missing out on the promise of higher education because of circumstances beyond their control.  That’s a waste of talent for our communities at best, at worst it’s the tragic and retold story of so many conveyed by the simple phrase, “cycle of poverty.”    Our founder and chairman — known to me as “dad” and most of you as, “Goody” — approached this as he does most problems, “we’re not going to solve it for the country, but let’s roll up our sleeves and chip away at it.”  Ten years gives us the benefit of a little perspective, we have not in fact ‘solved it’ but we certainly have chipped away at it … link to read the rest of the story

     

 

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