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The LDRSHIP Awards are a tribute to the students who have distinguished themselves in the U.S. military and in the classroom.
Steven M. Blicht, Chief Operating Officer of Ambassador Education Solutions
Many of these stories are nothing short of fascinating – and all of them inspiring.
Robert L. Martin, President and CEO of the Imagine America Foundation.
Anyone who has uncertainties about the career education sector only needs to read the Imagine America Foundation’s Fact Book to understand the achievements of the sector and its students.
Robert L. Martin, President/CEO of the Imagine America Foundation
Champion’s belief that ‘education is a means for making dreams come true’ has always been in alignment with the goals of the Imagine America Foundation.
Mary Lyn Hammer, President and CEO of Champion College Services
This event gathers some of the most influential, intelligent leaders in career education and provides a unique opportunity for the development a.d improvement of higher education across the nation,
Steve Gunderson, CEO of APSCU
Champion has been a sponsor of IAF events for many years and becoming the main event sponsor was just another way for us to reach out to career college students.
Mary Lyn Hammer, President & CEO of Champion College Services, Inc
“The Foundation’s mission to help career education students improve their future is one Gragg Advertising is honored to support.”
Darryl Mattox, President, Gragg Advertising
“IAF is a much needed resource for military students attending career colleges nationwide,
Steven M. Blicht, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ambassador College Bookstores
The Foundation would like to be able to help ease the financial burden of adult students who already have responsibilities outside of pursuing an education.
Robert L. Martin, President & CEO of the Imagine America Foundation
The IAF CEE’s compliance training offerings achieve transparency in a practical, everyday manner through exposure to real world scenarios.
Tim Foster, Chairman and CEO of Concorde Career Colleges
We are very pleased to be able to provide effective compliance training for all employees of our CEE partner institutions
Bob Marin, President and CEO of the Imagine America Foundation
“Instead we should focus on financial literacy, which can make a difference in a student’s borrowing habits, as our FPMS tool has shown.”
Robert L. Martin, President and CEO of the Imagine America Foundation
“Bravery and commitment are qualities that have applied to so many areas of these individuals’ lives, not just serving our country, but in choosing the path to a quality education.”
Robert L. Martin, president of the Imagine America Foundation
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Imagine America Foundation Publishes The Highest Honor Recognizing LDRSHIP Award Recipients

Washington, DC (March 14, 2013) – Career colleges know the commitments and personal sacrifices of military students and their families. Career training-oriented colleges have been a popular destination for military personnel who prefer the hands on approach to learning, one-on-one attention and courses that help them transition into jobs faster than traditional colleges or universities. The Imagine America Foundation (IAF) has done its part over the years in helping students transition from the military into the realm of career education. Every year, the IAF honors a select group of

Career Colleges Help Bridge America’s Skilled Worker Gap According to Imagine America Fact Book

Washington, DC (March 12, 2013) – Employment in America is shifting away from goods-producing to service-based industries – a change that is anticipated to create nearly 18 million new jobs. Jobs requiring an Associate degree or vocational award are projected to increase by 35 percent from 2010 to 2020. Currently, career colleges serve more than 3.9 million students: many who are considered non-traditional students. For the United States to remain competitive in the global economy, career colleges must remain a valued part of higher education. The Imagine America Foundation is pleased to

IAF/APSCU Announce Kool & the Gang to Play Annual Concert Fundraising Event Presented by Champion College Services, Inc.

Washington, DC (March 5, 2013) – The Imagine America Foundation (IAF) and APSCU are pleased to announce that Kool and the Gang will perform at the Annual IAF Concert during the 2013 APSCU Convention & Exposition in Orlando, Fla. Presented by Champion College Services, the event’s proceeds will help support the Imagine America Scholarship and Award Programs, financial aid resources and future research. “Champion’s belief that ‘education is a means for making dreams come true’ has always been in alignment with the goals of the Imagine America Foundation,” said Mary Lyn Hammer, President

Champion College Services, Inc.  Lends a Helping Hand to Students as the Event Sponsor of 2013 IAF Concert

Washington, DC (February 7, 2013) – Students attending career colleges often receive less federal and state grants than students attending other postsecondary institutions. The Imagine America Foundation’s (IAF) mission is to offer scholarships and grants to this underserved, but extremely deserving, student population. Champion College Services, Inc., as event sponsor of the 2013 IAF Concert, helps IAF assist more students in reaching their educational goals. The Imagine America Foundation is the career sector’s largest provider of scholarship funds, giving more than $75 million in

Gragg Advertising Supports Career Education Students as the Event Sponsor of 2013 IAF Golf Tournament

Washington, DC, (January 23, 2013) – In this critical time, support of the career education sector is more important than ever. Events such as the Annual Imagine America Foundation Golf Tournament help underwrite scholarships and awards granted to career college students nationwide. For the second consecutive year, Gragg Advertising in Kansas City, MO will be the Event Sponsor of the IAF 2013 Golf Tournament. Each year, Imagine America Foundation works with 900 career schools to provide scholarships that help students achieve their dreams. Over 23,000 students received tuition assistance

Ambassador College Bookstores Honors Military Personnel With $25,000 Contribution to the Imagine America LDRSHIP Award Program

Washington, DC (January 16, 2013) – Ambassador College Bookstores helps the Imagine America Foundation (IAF) continue its tradition of honoring United States military personnel attending career colleges. For the fourth consecutive year, Ambassador College Bookstores has donated $25,000 to the Imagine America LDRSHIP Award Program. Since 2004, IAF has annually recognized military personnel with LDRSHIP Awards. Nearly $400,000 has been awarded to exceptional military students attending career colleges nationwide. In that time, the awards have provided financial assistance to young men and

Imagine America Foundation’s Adult Excellence Award Offers Funds to a Growing Population of Students

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2013) – As the U.S. economy continues to struggle in regaining its footing, many adult students are pursuing an education and hoping to improve their current skills. Typically, many non-traditional adult students are juggling additional responsibilities while choosing to further their education. They may be already caring for a family and working full time. Sometimes they need a financial bump to make the leap back into the classroom. In the last year, the Imagine America Adult Skills Education Program (ASEP) grew by 17 percent. To continue to help non-

Imagine America Foundation Supports Private Sector Institutions With Effective Compliance Training

Building a culture of compliance moves beyond the mindset of simply following the rules and standards. Compliance requires a commitment to doing the right things, for the right reasons, when interacting with our students and with the community at large. The Imagine America Foundation’s Center for Excellence in Education (IAF CEE) is proud to announce a series of unique training courses that reframe compliance and empower employees to achieve transparency. Powered and subsidized by MaxKnowledge, the IAF CEE provides comprehensive training solutions for faculty, management and staff of

More Than 20,000 Career College Students Use Tool for Responsible Borrowing

Imagine America Foundation Encourages Students to Plan Their Financial Futures with Financial Planning Made SimpleStudents deciding to improve their future through education are facing a tough financial decision, due in part to rising tuition cost and a lackluster job market. More and more students need to take out student loans to get a postsecondary education, and as a consequence, are leaving college with enormous debt. This has many wondering if a college education is worth the risk.    While Imagine America Foundation’s (IAF) primary tasks for years was its scholarship and award

IMAGINE AMERICA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBER

Washington, D.C. (July 25, 2012) – Nothing less than tremendous executive leadership has guided the Imagine America Foundation through three decades of continual growth. The Foundation is honored to announce the continuation of its great leadership tradition with the departure of a longtime board member and supporter, Dr. Patricia Kapper, and the appointment of a new board member, Daniel A. Levinson, who shares a passion for career education institutions and the students attending them. For five years, Dr. Patricia Kapper helped guide the Foundation through important executive decisions

Imagine America Foundation Honors Former Chairmen with Special Presentation

Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2012) – Much about leadership is left to timing and, somewhat, to chance. An executive, for example, might be asked to assume a leadership role when the state of the industry in which the business serves is experiencing unprecedented turmoil. Or perhaps the industry is brand new and each decision has broader, longer-term impacts that will literally shape the business landscape. Each situation poses its own set of challenges. How he or she approaches those challenges can forever define that leader’s capabilities. The Imagine America Foundation has been fortunate

Imagine America Foundation Honors Frank Longaker, President of National College, with Lifetime Achievement Award

Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2012) - Fueled by a genuine concern for others, National College President Frank Longaker is a natural leader. Perhaps his service as a Captain during the Vietnam War or dedication to his community supplement the philanthropic character Frank Longaker exudes. Although these achievements are noteworthy in themselves, Longaker has received his latest recognition from the Imagine America Foundation for yet another leadership accomplishment – his 40 years of dedication to National College and the career college community.The Board of Directors of the Foundation

IMAGINE AMERICA FOUNDATION HONORS MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH LDRSHIP AWARDS

Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2012) – The Imagine America Foundation proudly bestowed its annual LDRSHIP Awards on eleven members of the U.S. military. A special video presentation will take place at the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities Annual Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas on June 22. The awards provide $2,500 in cash grants to be directed toward college tuition for active duty, reservist, honorably discharged or retired veterans of the military. Honoring those who have distinguished themselves in the U.S. military and in the classroom is a tradition for the

Survey Shows Imagine America Foundation’s Financial Planning Made Simple Video Impacts Students’ Borrowing Decisions

Washington, D.C. (April 04, 2012) – Today’s “college-ready” students must be prepared to handle more than just the academic rigors of obtaining a college degree. With the continuing rise of tuition costs, students now face an additional challenge: how to develop a personal budget that allows them to cover the day-to-day costs of living that won’t leave them crippled with debt after graduation. Results from a recent survey of Imagine America applicants show that viewing a short video about the advantages of developing a personal budget can make an impact on what students borrow for

The Imagine America Foundation Announces Promise Scholarship Recipients

Washington, D.C. (March 29, 2012) – The Promise Scholarship was developed to provide financial assistance to students who are attending participating Imagine America institutions through its Imagine America High School Scholarship Program.  In addition to the $1,000 high school scholarship, Promise Scholarship recipients received an additional $500 towards their tuition. This year 127 students from 60 different career college campuses received the Promise Scholarship.  Students were nominated by their college because of their exceptional academic achievements.  Recipients of the Promise

Pearson, Imagine America Foundation Launch STUDENT SUCCESS ZONE Website for Private Sector College Students

New college and career readiness site includes financial literacy and study skills content for high school, adult, and military students.BOSTON — March 13, 2012 — Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, and the Imagine America Foundation (IAF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing scholarships for education, research and training for the career college sector, today announced the launch of STUDENT SUCCESS ZONE, a college and career readiness website designed to support private sector college students’ success in higher education and the workplace. The new website

Imagine America Foundation Releases Fact Book 2012

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Importance of Career CollegesWashington, D.C. (February 23, 2012) – For nearly two years now, career colleges or “for-profit” schools have been assailed in a constant – and deliberate – wave of attacks beginning on Capitol Hill and playing out in the media. Lost in the accusations about these school’s tuition costs, share of federal financial aid dollars, and alleged aggressive recruiting practices is the true importance career colleges have in our nation’s higher education system and our economy. The Imagine America Foundation is pleased to announce

The Imagine America Foundation Announces Adult Excellence Award Recipients

Non-traditional students are already faced with daunting challenges in attaining a higher education, and yet they also have to address another harsh reality when it comes to financial aid: not many scholarships are available to them. This year the Imagine America Foundation created a new scholarship to benefit non-traditional students attending career colleges or “for-profit” schools. The Adult Excellence Award was developed to provide financial assistance to students who are attending participating Imagine America institutions through its Adult Skills Education Program (ASEP). In

Imagine America Foundation’s Adult Excellence Award Offers Funds to Underserved Non-Traditional Students

Washington, D.C. (Sept. 06, 2011) – Older students are already faced with daunting challenges in attaining a higher education, and yet they also have to address another harsh reality when it comes to financial aid: not many scholarships are available to them. The Imagine America Foundation, though, has introduced a new scholarship to benefit non-traditional students attending career colleges or “for-profit” schools. The Foundation has developed the Adult Excellence Award to provide needed financial assistance to students who are attending participating Imagine America institutions

Imagine America Foundation Announces 2011 Gail Benjamin Fellowship Recipients

Washington, D.C. (July 14, 2011) – Tirelessly working to help students attaint their educational goals, Gail Benjamin was a determined advocate for career education whose actions warranted special recognition. In 2006, the Imagine America Foundation established The Gail Benjamin Fellowship to offer grants to send career college employees to the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) Leadership Institute. This year, the Fellowship has announced two recipients of the 2011 grant: Angele Blackshear-Brown, of Brown Mackie College – Northern Kentucky in Fort Mitchell, Ken.

Imagine America Foundation Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors

Washington, D.C. (July 06, 2011) – The Imagine America Foundation (IAF) announces the appointment of two officers to its Board of Directors. The new appointments are Chairman Russell Freeman of Coyne College and Treasurer Christopher M. Cimino of Neutron Interactive. The Foundation also announced the reappointment of Dennis Spisak of McGraw-Hill Career College Division, who will remain Vice-Chairman. The Imagine America Foundation is career education’s largest provider of scholarships and also its primary research organization. IAF's board members are responsible for guiding the research-

Scholarship Recipients Offer Positive Ratings of Imagine America Foundation’s Scholarship Programs

Foundation and Wonderlic, Inc. Work Together to Develop ‘Educational Benchmarks’Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2011) – The satisfied scholarship student is usually a successful one – and their experience with the scholarship organization that provided them financial assistance is important to the pursuit of their education. The Imagine America Foundation (IAF) has again teamed with the esteemed research organization, Wonderlic, to conduct its annual customer satisfaction survey and those students who’ve received financial aid assistance from the Foundation are more than pleased with the program’

Imagine America Foundation Honors Ken Konesco, CEO of Harrison College, with Lifetime Achievement Award

Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2011) – At a small career college campus in Buffalo, New York in the mid-1970s, Ken Konesco began making the first of many achievements that would lead to his placement among the most respected leaders in career education. On June 8, 2011, his many contributions to the private college and university sector were formally recognized when the Imagine America Foundation presented him with one of its most prestigious honors. Konesco, CEO of Educational Management Corporation, the parent company of Harrison College, graciously received the Lifetime Achievement Award (

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