DACA’s End Brings Uncertainty to Dreamers and Scholarship Providers
The Trump Administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program has both students and scholarship…
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The Heart of It: Allowing Donor Participation in the Scholarship Process
Karen Leaffer Schauble presented on “The Heart of It: Allowing Donor Participation in the Scholarship Process” at the National Scholarship…
Legal Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers
Karen Leaffer Schauble presented on “Legal Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers” at the National Scholarship Providers Association’s 2016 conference. In a…
Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers
“Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers” was the topic of Karen Leaffer Schauble’s presentation at the National Scholarship Providers Association’s…
Study Carefully: Donors Have Many Options for Awarding Scholarships
In a recent case, the Tax Court denied charitable deductions for scholarship payments made by a trust to students for…
College Athletes as Employees? What Status Change Could Mean for Scholarships
Many were caught off guard by a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision last week that Northwestern University’s football players…
Massive New Scholarship Fund to Aid Undocumented Students, and Recent Law Changes May Bolster Similar Efforts
A former owner of the Washington Post recently announced the creation of the nation’s largest scholarship fund to assist students…
Recommendations Take Aim at Scholarship Award Displacement
As noted in our recent blog post on the broad effects of scholarship award displacement, the white paper recently released…
‘How to Start Your Own College Scholarship’; Karen Leaffer Schauble Shares Perspective with Wall Street Journal
A recent Wall Street Journal article on “How to Start Your Own College Scholarship” highlights the increasing interest in scholarship…
Taxability of Scholarship Can Hinge on Service Requirements
For many students, scholarships can be make-or-break items in terms of being able to pay for college. And, in many…