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In May 2006, Mastercard Incorporated held its initial public offering (IPO) that valued it at about US$5.6 billion; [7] as part of the IPO, Mastercard Inc. donated 13.5 million shares, expected to be worth an initial US$600 million (equivalent to US$906.8 million in 2023), to a newly created independent charitable foundation to be named the Mastercard Foundation.
The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, the Jim Leech MBA Scholarship, the Leech classroom, the Chancellor Jim Leech Bursary for Indigenous Students, Jim Leech- CFPDP Bursary and the Jim Leech Ceilidh Centre at Queen's University are named after Leech. [84] [85]
A young man (in bowtie) receives a scholarship at a ceremony. A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education.Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need, research experience or specific professional experience.
Scholarships in the U.S. are awarded based upon various criteria, which usually reflect the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Some scholarships for college are merit-based. Merit scholarships might be awarded based on academic achievement or on a combination of academics and a special talent, trait, or interest.
The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship, funded by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations, [1] that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.
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Unigo is an online business matching students with colleges, scholarships, internships, student loans, majors and careers. According to USA Today, “millions of students use Unigo to assist in their college search.” [1] Education publisher McGraw-Hill wrote “Unigo is the largest and most authoritative library of college reviews on the internet.” [2]