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Fueling a Town’s Future with Corporate Sponsored Scholarships for All Graduating Seniors

March 19, 2008 /

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Dorsey & Whitney - An International business law firm, applying a business perspective to clients' needs in Missoula, Montana and beyond.

"A local oil company had just committed to paying college tuition and fees for all graduating seniors, regardless of their family income or their grades. Then the students – known as "Arkansas Scholars" because they carry intense course loads – cheered and returned to class. Art teacher Patrick Johnson will never forget what happened next:"

"’They walked in and said, ‘We’re all going to college.’ Some of the lower-income students said, ‘Well, y’all have fun.’ And they said, ‘No, we’re all going to college. If you graduate, you get to go.”"

By Steve Brawner | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0318/p03s01-usgn.html

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