College means different things to different students. College means a greater wage-earning capacity over the course of one’s lifetime. College may mean pride and success that can be passed on through generations. College may mean achieving goals far beyond those imagined.  

WithinReach changes the lives of students in a deep and meaningful way, by eliminating or alleviating the financial burden of higher education. A college education allows students to provide a better life for themselves and their families. They will be role models to their children and to other students who have been in their shoes.

Providing the financial assistance to achieve these goals means that WithinReach is not only changing the lives of our students awarded the scholarship, it will change our society as a whole for the better. 

Jobs and families take priority when making financial decisions and most simply do not have the money to attend college full time and complete degree programs. Many adult students don’t have a community to rely on to help them navigate their college experience and academic workload.  We hope to help bridge that gap.

In the words of the great civil rights leader and mathematics educator, Bob Moses:

“To demand quality education is not radical, to demand quality education for the sons and daughters of sharecroppers is radical indeed.”