Welcome to the Kaplan Educational Foundation

The Kaplan Educational Foundation was founded by Kaplan, Inc. a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. Kaplan is a leading global provider of educational services for individuals, schools, and businesses. Kaplan helps individuals achieve their educational and career goals. We build futures one success story at a time. The Kaplan Educational Foundation seeks to fulfill that mission among students who have a financial need, great promise and big dreams.

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The Kaplan Leadership Program 

If you had financial assistance, academic support, and career counseling that gave you the opportunity to pursue your professional dreams, what would you do with your life?

If you're a high achiever enrolled in an associate's degree program in the New York City area and want to make an impact on your family, community, and profession, we'd like to introduce you to the Kaplan Leadership Program

UPDATE:

NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE

The application deadline for the Kaplan Leadership Program (KLP)  has been moved to  May 13th, 2014.  We will launch our recruitment season in September 2013 and hope to work with prospective applicants, college administrators, staff and faculty in identifying a dynamic group of Scholars for our Eighth Cohort.

2013 APPLICANTS

We understand that under the current eligibility guidelines, there are students who will no longer qualify for the program as they will have earned credits beyond our maximum allowed to be considered.  However, if you are already working with a student on the application who will no longer be eligible due to an excess number of credits, we will waive our maximum credit requirement and will consider their application in 2014.  To obtain a waiver, please send an email with the student's name and contact information to info@kaplanedfoundation.org by April 15, 2013. If accepted, please note that the student will have to adhere to our program timeline which will delay their transfer to a four year college by one year, to the fall of 2015.

REASONS FOR EXTENDED DEADLINE

The decision to push back the acceptance of the Eighth Cohort of Scholars will allow KLP the opportunity to meet the following goals:

• Increase the number of students per cohort to expand our reach.
• Revamp recruitment to ensure a larger pool of more qualified community college applicants.
• Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with two -year and four-year colleges and universities, nonprofits, and community based organizations.
• Share expertise (curriculum, tools and resources) and best practices.
• Strengthen infrastructure to improve program delivery for current and future scholars.
• Establish a communication strategy that provides greater visibility to the success of KLP  Scholars, their community colleges and transfer schools. 

MOVING FORWARD

By changing the deadline from February to May going forward, the KLP  will provide more time for college staff and faculty to identify and assess potential KLP scholars.  We are also excited about  establishing a strong nomination process that will  facilitate crucial input from each school.

As we continue restructuring the program, we will be be working with students, faculty, staff and administrators to gather feedback, insights and suggestions for moving forward.  We will continue to periodically update everyone involved. Please look out for email and visit our website, Facebook and Twitter accounts. 

We thank everyone for their continued support and interest! 

For details on the Kaplan Leadership Program click here.

For details about the application process, click here. 

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