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The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program is an academic scholarship award and program for higher education, available to high-achieving ethnic minority students in the United States. [1] It was established in 1999 and funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates Millennium Scholars are provided ...
The scholarship covers the cost of a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge and includes funding for academic and professional development. As of 2023, 2,156 students from more than 112 countries have received the scholarship and more than 200 Gates Cambridge Scholars are studying at any time. [6]
In June 2018, Gates offered free ebooks, to all new graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, [162] and in 2021, offered free ebooks, to all college and university students around the world. [163] [164] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partially funds OpenStax, which creates and provides free digital textbooks. [165]
In Bill Gates' new autobiography, "Source Code: My Beginnings" (published February 4 by Knopf), the computer pioneer and philanthropist writes of his formative years, and the experiences that led ...
From biographies to business guides, here are 20 books Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates say shaped their views on entrepreneurship and the world.
Source Code: My Beginnings is a memoir by Bill Gates. The book covers his early life and the foundation of Microsoft, ending in the late 1970s when Microsoft signed their first deal with Apple. [1] It is the first of three planned memoirs by Gates. [2] The second will cover his years at Microsoft and the third his philanthropy. [2]
Gates goes on to recommend The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. The Microsoft cofounder called it a “must-read” for anyone interacting daily with today’s youth, whether that’s parents ...
The scholarships provided must be no less than 75% of the average cost of attendance for an in-state student in a four-year program at a public institution, and no less than the maximum Federal Pell Grant for that fiscal year. However, the total award to any one student cannot exceed that student's cost of attending the school.