Monday, October 1, 2001

Clinton and Dole to Aid Scholarship Fund for Dependents of Victims of Attacks By AUDREY Y. WILLIAMS Former President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, his onetime rival, will lead a campaign to raise $100-million for scholarships for the children and spouses of those who were killed or disabled in last month's terrorist attacks. The money will go to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, which was founded in the days after the September 11 attacks by the Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America and the Lumina Foundation for Education, formerly known as the USA Group Foundation. The Lumina Foundation pledged the fund's initial grant of $3-million. The Citizens' Scholarship Foundation will manage the fund. Mr. Clinton, in a statement, said that he wants to "make sure all the victims of this tragedy can get the education that they want and deserve." The Clinton-Dole effort follows the creation of another fund established by Harvard University and the American Council on Education. The Sept. 11 College Fund, created by a $1-million donation from Harvard, is designed to give faculty members and college students a national outlet to help with relief efforts, the council said. Donations to the Sept. 11 fund, which would be part of the larger Families of Freedom fund, would pay for college educations anywhere in the United States. The Families of Freedom fund will award scholarships to financially needy applicants who plan to attend any type of postsecondary institution. The chairmen of two Silicon Valley technology companies, Brocade Communications Systems and ONI Systems, plan to raise half of the fund's $100-million goal from companies in their field. Mr. Dole, the former Senate Majority Leader and Mr. Clinton's Republican opponent in the 1996 presidential election, said in a statement, "We hope that this scholarship fund will help erase some of [the scholarship recipients'] doubts and fears about their future." Background articles from The Chronicle: Colleges Plan Scholarships for Dependents of Terror Victims (9/24/2001) New York May Offer Free Tuition to Families of Victims of Terrorist Attacks (9/20/2001) Education Foundation Pledges $3-Million Toward Scholarships for Victims' Families (9/18/2001) Easy-to-print version E-mail this article

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