{"id":2319,"date":"2018-07-19T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2018-07-19T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:23:20","slug":"125k-prize-launched-to-promote-college-and-vocational-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/125k-prize-launched-to-promote-college-and-vocational-success\/","title":{"rendered":"$125K Prize Launched to Promote College and Vocational Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PRIZEphoto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2320\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PRIZEphoto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PRIZEphoto.png 940w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PRIZEphoto-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PRIZEphoto-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>Does your organization help low-income youth access and complete college or vocational degrees?<\/p>\n<p>You may be eligible for financial support to help you reach more students.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenprize.org\/\">Evergreen National Education Prize<\/a>\u2014launched by The Greenwald Family Foundation in conjunction with the Nudge4 Solutions Lab at the University of Virginia\u2014will award $125,000 to an organization that can demonstrate evidence of increasing college or vocational success for low-income students and that has a plan to scale its program\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The winner will also receive public relations and marketing support and will have access to experienced advisers from the fields of education technology and business.<\/p>\n<p>US-based nonprofit or government organizations, including education and workforce development programs, are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are open now until Aug. 31. Interested parties must complete a quick, 30-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenprize.org\/apply\">application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreenprize.org\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your organization help low-income youth access and complete college or vocational degrees? You may be eligible for financial support to help you reach more students. The Evergreen National Education Prize\u2014launched by The Greenwald Family Foundation in conjunction with the Nudge4 Solutions Lab at the University of Virginia\u2014will award $125,000 to an organization that can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/125k-prize-launched-to-promote-college-and-vocational-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$125K Prize Launched to Promote College and Vocational Success<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Bp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}