{"id":1342,"date":"2016-10-25T22:26:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T22:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2016-10-25T22:26:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T22:26:54","slug":"best-colleges-scholarships-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/2016\/10\/25\/best-colleges-scholarships-african-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Colleges Scholarships for African Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, there is a pronounced racial gap in enrollment rates at top colleges and universities around the country for African Americans. Fortunately, a number of scholarships and financial aid opportunities are earmarked specifically for this demographic. BestColleges.com developed a holistic financial aid guide specifically for African American students. We provide context for how students can best take advantage of available resources while offering a comprehensive listing of\u00a030+ scholarship and grant opportunities totaling over $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on applying for\u00a0the\u00a0various scholarships and grants, please visit their site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestcolleges.com\/financial-aid\/african-american-scholarships\/\">http:\/\/www.bestcolleges.com\/financial-aid\/african-american-scholarships\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, there is a pronounced racial gap in enrollment rates at top colleges and universities around the country for African Americans. Fortunately, a number of scholarships and financial aid opportunities are earmarked specifically for this demographic. BestColleges.com developed a holistic financial aid guide specifically for African American students. We provide context for how students can&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/2016\/10\/25\/best-colleges-scholarships-african-americans\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6hwxc-lE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}